Eyelet Geranium

I finally finished the white eyelet Geranium blouse and I just love it! It is fully lined, which makes for a very full skirt. And little birdie picked the yellow flower buttons over white, a decision that I fully agreed with. Instead of using the flutter sleeve pattern included with the pattern, I wanted to use this white eyelet with a scalloped border print for the sleeves. So I cut a semicircle on the raw edge,  gathered along that edge, and then sewed them between the bodice layers as you would normally do with the flutter sleeves. I added sandwiched the yellow pompon trim between the bottom and the skirt and I love the bright pop of color and additional texture it gives. Super cute! These photos don't do this little shirt justice... but April showers bring May flowers, right?!

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Birds for spring

This little top has been one of my favorites and I was lucky enough to get two full seasons out of it! But this year it is too small and little birdie is just at the size limit of the pattern so I had to sew this one last time.

Pattern: Butterick 3405 - Size XL, View C


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Sweet Clara

It is hard to believe that my little daughter came home from the hospital in this outfit almost three years ago. But I love looking at it everyday in her room and can't wait until she understands how little she once was! PS: I was so excited when I found the PERFECT shadow box frame!!

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Pompom Trim!

I already had a white eyelet lace blouse planned in my mind when I saw this sweet little top from Mini Boden. I just so happened to have yellow pompom trim, so this was really meant to be. It is a 3T sized Geranium from Made by Rae with lace flutter sleeves. It is fully lined so it has a really full look to the skirt. I can't wait to see it on the little one. Still a few details to finish up (sewing the hem and bodice lining and adding buttons), but it is too sweet not to share. I think it will look great paired with my latest set of shorts (also not quite finished).

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A few new things in the works

I'm almost finished with another pair of shorts! This time with a paperbag waist and bubble legs. And I've been cruising along on a new cardigan design with Quince & Co. Chickadee.

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FO: Merriment Cardigan

Merriment Cardigan Pattern by Melynda Bernardi of French Press Knits

Needles: US 4 - 3.5 mm & US 7 - 4.5 mm

Yarn: Cascade Yarns Cascade 220 & Classic Elite Yarns Liberty Wool

I love how this cardigan turned out for my sweet girl. If you ask her what her favorite color is, she immediately says "pink-and-blue" as if they cannot possibly be separated, so a pink and blue cardigan it is. The white and blue I had in my stash, so I just needed to add some pink! The 3/4 size is great on her at 2.75, with room to grow in the arms and body length. I used a size 7 needle mostly because I had something else on my size 6s and I liked the density of the fabric, too. I didn't worry too much about gauge since I was knitting the bigger size. The metal buttons are so sweet and I love how they mimic the flowers in the yoke quite perfectly. I just need to sew the striped grosgrain on the edges of the steek and it will be complete. This would make a really cute pullover, too, so you may see that in the future.

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Summer Shorts :: Take 3

This third set of shorts came out pretty much how I pictured. I knew I wanted to do something with a bound hemline, but didn't have enough fabric to do the City Gym Shorts from Purl Soho or the Class Picnic Shorts from Oliver + S, so when I stumbled on this tutorial from Grainline for a curved hem on the Maritime Shorts, I knew I could use it. Again I used this pattern from Caila Made and sized up to 3T by printing it at 110%. I followed the Grainline tutorial to cut a curved hem and then bound the shorts with bias tape I made from some extra chambray I had in the stash. The main fabric is Essex Yarn Dyed Linen from Robert Kaufman in Indigo. Cute! And the fit was good enough to play in all afternoon, so that's a win for sure!

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