Farbenmix

Met dit patroon ben ik heel blij. Het past Saskia heel goed en die kraag is eens wat anders. Het moest een test-shirt worden, maar het werd een hit!

I am very pleased with this pattern. The fit is excellent en the collar changes things up a bit. It was supposed to be a test-shirt, but it turned out a hit!

Pattern: "Marita" Farbenmix
Embroidery: rock-queen.de

En omdat het grijze garen nog in de cover machine zat, ook nog snel een shirt voor Thomas gemaakt:

And while the grey thread was still in the coverstitch machine, I made a shirt for Thomas:

Pattern: "Steam punk" Ottobre

Nog meer jurkjes

Het is weer een tijdje geleden, maar we gaan toch verder! Eerst maar de winter jurkjes:

It's been a while, but we continue! First a couple of winter dresses:

Patroon: "Cap Sleeve" Ottobre
Borduurpatroon van Huups!

Door een stomme knipfout had ik niet genoeg stof om de ruit op het achterpand perfect te laten doorlopen. Dit jurkje heeft ze dan ook alleen thuis aan gehad, je kan een kind tenslotte niet met een niet-doorlopende print de straat op sturen, nietwaar?

I made a stupid cutting mistake which left me with not enough fabric to have the print continue on the back. So she has only be wearing this dress at home, you can not send out a kid in public with a non-continuing print, can you?

"Winter plaid" Ottobre

Body warmer

So this was an attempt to incorporate boy, cool and embroidery in one project. Embroidery on boy's clothing? A challenge, but I think I did well.
However, this was a major headache project, and not because of the embroidery. Pictures first:

Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.
It started with me making a mistake while cutting that sent me back to the store to get more fabric, and ended with me bringing my overstitch machine to the dealer for a repair. There were much more hiccups along the road but I won't bother you with those.
But I do like the bear!

Pattern: Ottobre
Fabric: fleece from Joann's

Denim skirt

Remember last post's denim pants? I had a little fabric left over, just enough to get a skirt out of it in size 92. It is still a bit big, but she'll grow into it.

Pattern: "Mini dots" from Ottobre
Embroidery: Schnabelina's mandala

Heather

Another Ottobre pattern: Heather. Really nothing special, but useful.

Weer een Ottobre patroon: Heather. niks bijzonders, functioneel.

The cut is quite square and loose, the back drops lower then the front. I embroidered this one with a cute geisha girl from Designs by JuJu.
The pants are "Clarabella", corduroy.

De snit is nogal los en vierkant, het achterpand valt over de billen. Ik heb er een schattig geisha meisje op geborduurd van Designs by JuJu.
De broek is "Clarabella", babyrib.

The next 'Heather" is made with the same summer sweatshirt fabric as the first, other color, and the bunny is heat transfer vinyl.
The pants are "Summer Pull-ons" in denim.

Voor de volgende 'Heather' heb ik dezelfde summer sweat gebruikt als voor de eerste, andere kleur zoals je ziet, en het konijn is flockfolie. 
De broek is "Summer Pull-ons" van spijkerstof.

Sleutelhangers

Ik had al verteld dat ik een nieuwe machine aan mijn "atelier" heb toegevoegd? Namelijk een borduurmachine, zo leuk om te doen! Ik heb de machine gebruikt om Saskia's traktatie te maken voor school. Op onze school is het verboden eetbare dingen uit te delen (goddank!!), je hoeft helemaal niets uit te delen als je dat niet wil, ook goed. De meeste kinderen geven iets kleins, je hebt ook de optie iets voor de klas te kopen, de juf heeft een wishlist waar je iets kiezen kan. Dat hebben we de laatste jaren gedaan en dat was prima. Maar Saskia zag het wel zitten, iets uitdelen aan ieder kind afzonderlijk. Enter: borduurmachine! Gingen we de zoveelste potlood/stickervel/glitterglue uitdelen? Nee dus. Ik had deze sleutelhangers gezien en ze waren een groot succes.

Did I tell you about my latest purchase, the embroidery machine? It is so much fun! I used the machine to make Saskia's Birthday treat at school. Our school does not allow edible treats (thank God!), you don't have to give anything at all for that matter. You also have the option to buy something for the classroom, the teacher has a wish list to choose from. This is what we did previous years, but Saskia wanted to give something to each child. Enter the embroidery machine! Were we going to give out another pencil/sticker sheet/glitterglue stick? Of course not. I made these key fobs and they were a huge succes.

Er kwamen zoveel leuke reacties op, van moeders en de juffen. Ik had ze bewust gender neutral gehouden (dus geen roze) maar wel allemaal verschillend.

The reactions the next day were very positive, I had moms telling me that their kids were so proud having their own key fob, I made them gender neutral (no pink) but all different.

Jeans 1.1

So the last pair did not fit, but a size 92 would be too big.  This means I have to try grading. I picked another Ottobre pattern: Knicker Bocker. At first I did not like this pattern at all, judging by the picture in the magazine..... not my style. But then I saw what other people had done with it, and I decided give it a try. The grading was not a problem (the pattern starts only at size 92 and I needed an 86), but apparently Saskia is growing fast, these pants are almost to short! And I put on embroidery and everything... But they are cute nonetheless

I thought they should have a matching top and look what I found in my stash: a jersey in a perfect matching color! It is ALWAYS important to have a stash....

By the way, the top in the forst pictures is last years dress. Also an Ottobre pattern but from a fall/winter issue, I shortened the sleeves and hem and voilà: a T-shirt.

Embroidery

Because I don't have an embroidery machine (yet), I tried my hand at freehand embroidery on a regular sewing machine. This was my first try and as you can see, I need a lot more practice! Or maybe my clumsiness justifies a real embroidery machine? Anyway, although it took me a long time, it is fun to do and the result is, well, let's say unique.

At first, I used the Silhouette to cut out the parts of a simple flower. This design is simple enough to cut it out just using your scissors, but I wanted to see how this works so I kept it simple. One by one I appliquéd the pieces using a satin stitch.
Then I put wash-away embroidery stabilizer on the cutting mat and had the Silhouette sketch the flower using the sketch pen. I put the stabilizer on the fabric, put stabilizer under the fabric too, and I stitched the lines. I lowered the feed dogs to do this and moved the fabric around as I stitched.

As I said, I need more practice but I liked how it turned out.

Patterns: "Parrot" tunic and "Spring" knee pants, both Ottobre.
Fabric: a linen/rayon blend from the local fabric shop.