Todd Gibson

My stash is getting out of hand.
I might have to purchase more land!
A mile of fence
’round the circumference

Don’t forget wool!
You can buy jumpers (sweaters) from Op Shops and cut them up and sew leggings from them.

I would believe it Becky, I sew with fabric older then me!
Off to check out your links. 🙂

@FrancesSuzanne, I am no expert but I overlay patterns when I want to size down.

So I would lay the Bubble dress bodice over the Playtime then flip over and perhaps fold some out?
Just a running thought….

I can second the vote for Kwiksew patterns, seriously ugly pattern covers but a good solid pattern.

I had thought of adding a cuff to the Sketchbook to make knicker bockers http://www.pinterest.com/pin/73676143878629714/

The Sailboat short are perfect to add a simple suspender strap too, in fact that pattern has an old world feel to it.

How tall are they? Could they carry off a Music Class blouse with Puppet Show shorts? Perhaps lengthen/tuck…[Read more]

Here is the finished jumper with the nap running upwards: https://www.flickr.com/photos/128353028@N04/15215509103/in/pool-oliverands

I like the look very much. It’s rather like looking into velvet when the nap is up like this. You’re looking down into the grove of plushies. Used nap down, as you would naturally do, light reflects off the…[Read more]

Slightly off topic, but you all seem very knowledgeable on this topic :). What would be your recommendations for making the playtime dress (woven version) in a smaller size than offered? Ultimately we would like to achieve a look similar to the bubble dress (which goes down to a 0-3M, I believe), but need long sleeves, if that helps any.…[Read more]

As long as your fabric has enough stretch it should be fine. Mood had a really interesting fleece the other day that looked like ponte on the face but had that nice soft fleece on the back of it. Something like that would be great, provided it stretches enough. Especially the leg openings, to get over feet.

My scissors are missing again!
The number I’ve lost equals ten!
If I ever find them
I’ll hogtie and bind them
To my Bernina that sits in the den.

side tracked too…

Theres an Aussie named Shelly that sews.
She makes all sorts of creative nice clothes.
She’s a cyclist too,
can mend an ewe and a shrew,
and is awfully clever with prose!

Next l…[Read more]

@Justmejay: I’ve tweaked the way the site is cached to help alleviate this.

For users who are logged in, the site serves the freshest data possible by building every page anew every time it’s viewed. That keeps it very up-to-date. For anonymous users (those not logged in), the first time a page is viewed, we keep a cache of that for 15 minutes…[Read more]

@Justmejay: I’ve tweaked the way the site is cached to help alleviate this.

For users who are logged in, serve the freshest data possible by building every page anew every time it’s viewed. That keeps it very up-to-date. For anonymous users (those not logged in), the first time a page is viewed, we keep a cache of that for 15 minutes and hand…[Read more]

@Justmejay: I’ve tweaked the way the site is cached to help alleviate this.

For users who are logged in, we serve them the freshest page possible by building it anew every time a page is viewed. For anonymous users (those not logged in), the first time a page is viewed, we keep a cache of that for 15 minutes and hand this out to subsequent…[Read more]

@Justmejay: I’ve tweaked the way the site is cached to help alleviate this.

For users who are logged in, we serve them the freshest page possible. For anonymous users (those not logged in), the first time a page is viewed, we keep a cache of that for 15 minutes and hand this out to subsequent visitors. This saves our server a good deal of…[Read more]

My scissors are missing again!
The number I’ve lost equals ten!
If I ever find them
I’ll hogtie and bind them

Side tracked…

If the next season’s patterns are late
And you feel it is too long to wait
Blame Todd who wastes time
Making up rhymes
Instead of working from nine until eight

🙂
But I’m stuck with the current one…