Velvet Ribbon

Hi everyone.. Today post is the continuation of my weekly update "Diy Friday" . Sorry for not updating my diy's episode for so many weeks, I have been busy with a lot of good things :) My little boy needed some new shorts to wear on summer. All his shorts are getting small and tight at the waist. Well, I decided to search my stash and found leftover of knit cotton that is enough to make two shorts. Yay! Materials: knit cotton 3 cm wide elastic thread Pattern: Based on BurdaStyle Boy's Sweatpants 10/2013-124 size 110. I cut the pattern right on the knee and slashed a little (2 cm) in both sides to avoid tightness. I skip the front fly and pockets. Image source: Burdastyle.com The sewing process was easy and fast. I have no difficulty because I already made the first shorts for my son Halloween costume, you can pop over here if you are interested -  Mickey Mouse Costume . I worked on the pattern first, by glued the two pieces of the front and bac...

girl's dress with a bow gathered girl's skirt I made these little projects especially for my 7 year old niece. The dress based on Burdastyle Girl's Dress 08/2012  size 8, but I omitted front side panel and the pockets. I changed the pleated band in the front dress with a simple bow and reduced the length of the dress. I also drew the neckline and armhole facings. Materials : 1 1/5 yards of printed chiffon from my stash, invisible zipper and same color of thread. How I worked on the dress: I read the sewing instructions before I copy the pattern. Traced all the pattern pieces and cut all the fabric pieces. I serge all the edges using an overlocked sewing machine, then I sew front and back dress right sides together. Sew invisible zipper in the middle back side. Sew the front and back facing right sides together, press and iron it. Then sew the facing around neckline right sides together, turn it inside the dress. Press, top stitched and iron...

          front side of the shorts  front side of the shorts       back side of the shorts   This is another project for kcwc fall 2012 , I made from the left over black cotton fabric from my first project for kcwc fall 2012 . I used burda magazine june 2008/ kids 3/4 pants pattern size 104. It's the same pattern that I used to make a black pants for Eduardo. I shortened the length of the pants according to the shorts size. I removed the front pockets and the side pockets. In the end I inserted elactic inside the waistband. It's very fast project that I ever expect it. I have done this shorts for 2 hours:) ....happy sewing... 

front side of the pants back side of the pants the pattern from burda mag. june 2008  Meg from elsiemarley.com was throwing the challenge called kids weeks clothes challenge fall 2012. I decided to joint in and this pants is one of the project for the challenge. It was very busy week but I tried to put myself to sew at least one hour during 7 days. And I am very happy with my work. The pants fit my son very well. I used the pattern from burda magazine june 2008, originally is 3/4 pants for kid. The pattern has 6 pockets in total, 2 pieces front pocket, 2 pieces back pocket and 2 pieces side pocket. I added length to the pattern and inserted elastic inside the waistband. Material for this pants is 1 yard black cotton and using same colour thread. ... the next post will be another project for kcwc fall 2012...