tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56867832432142706812024-03-12T06:51:06.811+02:00Sewing The Littleheart CollectionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07167160356380754498noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686783243214270681.post-4191767536143011202013-10-21T13:10:00.002+03:002013-10-21T13:10:27.751+03:00I am being featured on "Cut out + Keep"<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just a quick hello to say some of my projects are being featured on <a href="http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/simple-fleece-skirt-with-elastic-waist" target="_blank">Cut out + Keep</a> this week. Come take a look!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07167160356380754498noreply@blogger.com95tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686783243214270681.post-33966379648441346492013-09-24T14:20:00.002+03:002013-09-24T14:20:18.200+03:00Design your own sheets!<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My little girl is into all the little girl characters like Dora, Hello Kitty, Princesses, Winnie the Poo, etc. One day, she wants a princess bed, the next day a Dora bed. It is hard to keep up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went to the store to see what sheets they had, but obviously it is either princess or Dora, so I decided it was time to get crafty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I purchased a plain set of light pink sheets, and using fabric markers drew all of her favorite characters on it (leaving some more room, just in case we start liking a new character). The sheets are a big success (I have to wash and dry them while she is at daycare, because I am not allowed to take them off of her bed!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is actually pretty easy to do it, even if you are not that confident with drawing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Buy a set of plain sheets in a light color (white or any pastel color). You have to choose a light color because you will be tracing the characters, so you want to be able to see through the fabric a bit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Look for your kid's favorite characters on the internet and print out however many you want.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Turn the sheets inside out and place all the character onto the sheets, right side facing down. Scotch tape the characters to the sheets. Make sure they are in the correct direction (not upside down).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Carefully turn the sheet right side out, so that the characters don't move. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. With a black fabric marker, trace your characters to the sheets. You will want to place cardboard between the two sides of the sheets, so the marker doesn't soak through to the other side. Do one character at a time, and work slowly. I actually worked on this project while on bedrest, so I did it laying down, but i think it would be easiest to do the tracing on a big table or on the floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. Now you can remove all the paper and tape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. Color in your characters with colored fabric markers, again place cardboard between the two sides of sheets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. Iron if markers request, and let dry 24 hours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And there you are! Customized sheets. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07167160356380754498noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686783243214270681.post-9881062835547382652013-09-11T11:49:00.001+03:002013-09-11T11:49:49.552+03:00Car Seat Strap Covers<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't sit for long at a time, but I can sew a little bit, so I have been working on smaller projects that don't take too long. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are starting to get everything ready, and I noticed that the baby car seat was missing the strap covers. I searched around a bit and found <a href="http://apumpkinandaprincess.com/2011/07/car-seat-straps-tutorial.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>, which I used as a base for my covers. I pretty much followed her instructions, but left out the bias tape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a really fast project, and the outcome is super cute. This is how I made mine...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Cut out 4 squares, around 5-5.5" (I did two of each fabric). Cut out two pieces of batting same size.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Place first fabric piece on batting, and then second fabric piece on top of first fabric piece, right sides together, so starting from bottom: batting, fabric 1, fabric 2. Pin and sew around, leaving an opening on one side (best not the corner) to turn right side out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Trim corners and turn right side out. The batting should now be sandwiched between the two fabrics. Press flat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Now measure three equal spaces from one side to the next and mark with pins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5.Sew straight lines down so that your square is divided into three parts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. Cut your Velcro to the length of the square. Sew one strip to the left part and one to the right. Make sure that one is on the inside of the strip and one on the outside, so that you will be able to fold the square and attach the Velcro.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07167160356380754498noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686783243214270681.post-75148328764347870522013-08-01T12:28:00.000+03:002013-08-01T12:28:36.934+03:00Another knitting project<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I am laying here on bed-rest, I have started to think about Littleheart's winter wardrobe. It is still really hot here, and it will be for probably another four months or so, but once the baby is born, I wont have much extra time, so I might as well use my time now. Littleheart loves dresses, she actually will only wear dresses at the moment. For summer it is great, she has a bunch of lightweight sundresses, and chooses what she wants to wear every day. Who knows if she will still be into dresses in the winter, but it is definitely more challenging to make winter dresses. I found <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/shades-of-summer-dress" target="_blank">this knitting pattern</a> for a cute dress, and thought it would look really nice over a long sleeve shirt and with some bright colored tights. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a great pattern, very clear and easy to follow, and the best thing is, it is all knit in one piece, so no sewing together! It actually didn't take me that long, maybe two weeks, but I was pretty much knitting all day long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It might be a bit big on Littleheart, but then she can wear it next year too. I hope she likes it (she is VERY picky about her dresses).</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07167160356380754498noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686783243214270681.post-76240206611577741092013-07-26T09:20:00.000+03:002013-07-26T09:20:57.312+03:00Baby blankets and bedrest<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You have probably been wondering where I went and why I haven't been posting sewing tutorials. Well, the truth is I am almost 29 weeks pregnant and have been on bed-rest since 23 weeks, two of which were in the hospital. All this due to a weak cervix that needed to be stitched up with a cerclage. So far the procedure has held nicely, but you just can't know, and that is why I am on bed-rest pretty much til the end. I must say, it is not easy. I mean, the two weeks in the hospital were pretty awful (although thanks to my amazing husband and family, it was much easier than it could have been). But being home, and staring at all of my beautiful new fabric, and not being able to sew - well, torture! My mom is spending the summer with us, which is just amazing, she has completely taken over the whole household, and she and my husband take care of littleheart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, I won't complain. Fist of all, things could be much worse, and second of all, it is a limited time and for a good cause.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all I went back to knitting. Haven't done it in years, but have found it to be very therapeutic and comforting, and it helps pass the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A while back I told you about my little cousin who was born a preemie, and I made her the <a href="http://www.sewtlc.blogspot.co.il/2013/05/soft-baby-hats-for-preemies.html" target="_blank">special preemie hats</a>. Well, she is doing great, and got to go home while I was in the hospital, so I decided to knit her a baby blanket first. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used <a href="http://www.freepatterns.com/detail.html?code=FK00086&source=pntrsta" target="_blank">this simple pattern</a>, I wanted something very repetitive, something where I needed to count the stitches and stay focused. And it was very helpful during my hospital stay. And this is the outcome:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The second blanket I made is for a dear friend who just had a baby girl (I haven't actually given her the blanket yet, so I hope she doesn't see this post). The pattern is from <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweet-blanket" target="_blank">here</a>, and it was fairly easy to follow, nothing complicated, just knits and pearls. This is my version:</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07167160356380754498noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686783243214270681.post-40974842274209596832013-07-05T08:39:00.001+03:002013-07-05T08:51:10.987+03:004th of July<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We don't celebrate the 4th of July here, but my nephew in the States does, so I made him this little holiday outfit for the occasion. I just took a simple T-shirt and soft knit pants pattern, and added a pocket in the front of the shirt, and two pockets in the back of the pants. I used a blue and white stripe knit as my main fabric, made all the edges red and used a fun blue and white stars knit fabric for the pockets. It is a little hard to get pictures of my nephew these days, but I think you see the outfit on these.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fabric I used was left-over from drapes my mom made for Littleheart when she was born, and the clear plastic material is actually a tablecloth. I used an orange zipper, that does not match at all, but that is what I had laying around. Littleheart won't notice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, I think this has a great double purpose, so hey- give it a try!</span></div>
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<li style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Thick fabric (like home decor fabric), about 1-2 yards, depending on how big you make your pillow.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Make a large circle template, mine has a 22" diameter. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Make a smaller circle template. The circumference should a few inches larger than the length of your zipper.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut two of your large circles out of your fabric. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut your handle pieces <span style="color: #333132; line-height: 22.390625px; text-align: center;">at 3" x 12" (like in <a href="http://www.livingwithpunks.com/2010/05/tutorial-land-of-nod-inspired-floor.html" target="_blank">this tutoria</a>l).</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">You are now ready to sew up your pillow. Go to the <a href="http://www.livingwithpunks.com/2010/05/tutorial-land-of-nod-inspired-floor.html" target="_blank">original tutorial</a> and follow the instructions. Obviously you do not have to leave an opening free for stuffing, since you have your little window! Let me know how it turns out!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few months ago I saw a girl on the playground wearing a shirt similar to this one. I thought the idea of the ruffly sides was really cute. Unfortunately, since I did not know the child I could not just walk up to her and take a closer look, or even take a picture, so I made this from my memory. I actually really don't remember what the shirt looked like, but I think this one turned out kind of cute :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, it is really easy to make, you just need to alter a normal shirt pattern a bit. I will briefly talk you through it, but I don't have to explain much, if you know how to make a regular t-shirt...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can download my pattern <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxVLalOU-XK-YW1vNXpxV1B4N2M/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. It is size 3-4T. If you need another size, use my pattern as a guide...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut one back shirt piece and one front shirt piece, 2 flap pieces (on the fold) and one long strip, about 2" wide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">My dear cousins just had a baby girl, 2
months early. Thankfully she is doing well, but she is pretty tiny. I remember
when my nephew was born early, my sister was saying that all the hats were way too
big, so I decided to make a couple of hats for my baby cousin.</span></div>
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fabric. You want to line the hat, so no seams are touching the baby’s head
directly. If you are making these for a newborn preemie, remember to wash your
fabric with special baby detergent, before you make the hats.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I have included my pattern <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8tEq6NHldNIaXhWblZzSVF5M1k/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. I was inspired by <a href="http://zaaberry.blogspot.co.il/2012/08/baby-hats-tutorial-and-pattern.html" target="_blank">this</a> wonderful
tutorial for baby hats. I made the pattern smaller for preemies and sewed it up
a bit different to have the whole thing lined…</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">For the hats use a stretch stitch on your regular machine, or better yet
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pieces, but leave a little part unsewn, about 2” (a part in the middle, not
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piece right side out and pull your loop over it (the loop should be wrong side out so that the right sides are sewn together), lining
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, it has definitely been a while, lots has been going on, and I just needed to take a little time-out from writing tutorials (not sewing). But I did get a lot done over the last month, and the weather is finally warm (even hot!), so we are getting a lot of use out of what I have made. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Littleheart is definitely in a dress/skirt ONLY phase (which means all of he pretty shorts are just put away in the closet). I try to keep up with her phases, not easy, since they change so fast. But I have made her a few new sundresses (luckily some of the ones from last year still fit) and have a few ideas for some more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, this crossover ruffle sundress was inspired by a dress I saw online (I really don't remember where). Want to make one? Read on!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crossover bodice pattern. Use <a href="http://jensownroad.blogspot.co.il/2012/04/caroline-dress.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a> to draft your own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut 2 crossover bodice pieces (make sure you have one with the point to the left and one with the point to the right), one back bodice on the fold, two rectangles, 16" by 21" inches for size 3-4T, or about twice the width of your bodice and as long as you want the dress to be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Make your ruffle. Fold your long strip in half on the long side and ruffle it (mine didn't ruffle enough, do a better job!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Sew your shoulder seams together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Pin your ruffle to your entire neckline, starting at the point of the left bodice and pinning all around the back to the right bodice piece. Stop at about 5.5" before the end (see picture).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow, my last post seems like such a long time ago! I don't know where the time went! I do actually have a few tutorials lined up, the only thing I need to do is scan my patterns, and I just have not had time to do it. But I promise, I will get around to it soon...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been sewing, not tons, but quite a bit. I made some more summer outfits for Littleheart. The problem is, she is very peculiar about what she wears lately. For a while, it was dresses only, so I made a bunch of dresses, and now it is skirts. At least it is easy to sew up a few circle skirts at a time, and she seems satisfied with them. She is so into skirts, she wears them to sleep over her pajamas!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also made a few very practical maternity skirts for some friends. It is a great pattern that fits everybody, and I will try and write up a tutorial for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really need to get started on some more baby presents, there are just so many babies due this year around here, I am not sure how I will keep up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, you see, my lists are huge! And I really need to get some new material. So hopefully there will be some fun tutorials coming your way this spring and summer...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, here is a cute outfit I made, that didn't make the tutorial list. Littleheart calls it her "Copohots" outfit (polka-dots).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have seen a lot of these soft rattles around lately, and thought I should try and figure out how to make them, since they make a perfect little baby presents, and boy are there a lot of babies due this summer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think it turned out kinda cute, although he has a bump in his nose, I guess I didn't sew straight there. Maybe he looks more like a reindeer than a giraffe. But baby won't notice :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like I mentioned <a href="http://sewtlc.blogspot.co.il/2013/02/princess-costume.html" target="_blank">here</a>, we celebrated Purim last week and I made my friend's son a costume. He loves this Israeli Superhero called Mr Tomato and we were looking at the costume you can buy which is very expensive, and made out of that cheap, scratchy costume material. I told her I could make it for him and was happy to take on the challenge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the original costume she was going to buy:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We discussed it and decided that the pants with the tomato shirt, the cape and the mask would be plenty. He could wear his boots with it and it would look great.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I went to work and this is what came out of it:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I blurred his face for privacy issues, but you should have seen the huge smile! It made the whole thing worth it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was going to make the cape using <a href="http://mama-says-sew.blogspot.co.il/2012/05/super-hero-cape-tutorial-with-nap-time.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>, but when I cut out the two pieces of fabric, I realized it was just too heavy to be two layers. So I decided to make a bias tape cape instead. Luckily I had a whole bunch of red and white bias tape my mother in law had given me, so I didn't even have to make it myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What you do is you follow <a href="http://mama-says-sew.blogspot.co.il/2012/05/super-hero-cape-tutorial-with-nap-time.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>, but you only cut out one cape piece. Then you take your bias tape and sew it around the entire cape. So easy! If you need a good tutorial on how to sew on bias tape go <a href="http://www.danamadeit.com/2008/07/tutorial-heart-hotpads-how-to-sew-bias-tape-the-proper-way-and-the-cheating-way.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since I cut out two cape pieces, I made another one for Littleheart, and she was thrilled!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the masks I cut out two layers of felt and glued them together, real simple!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purim has arrived, and I finally finished Littleheart's princess costume. I mentioned last month, that I decided to make the costume in two parts - the tutu under the dress and the dress itself. This way Littleheart will have two dress-up pieces in her dress-up box. You can check out my tutorial for the circle skirt tutu <a href="http://sewtlc.blogspot.co.il/2013/01/the-circle-skirt-tutu.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I must say, I cannot take credit for the entire design of the dress. I studied lots of wonderful tutorials before I decided what I wanted to do. You can find my inspiration on my "<a href="http://pinterest.com/miraab/sewing-costumes/" target="_blank">Sewing Costumes</a>" Pintrest board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, I didn't choose a specific Disney princess, since Littleheart really doesn't know them yet, but the style of the dress is definitely inspired by Snow White, Rapunzel, Cinderella...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I chose pink and white for the fabric, but you can really choose any colors. The pink is a "costume satin" and the white is just a plain cotton. I lined the bodice with a white knit fabric, so it would be nice a soft on the inside (I like soft).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I actually made the dress way to long, and then decided to leave it long, and hem it up by hand with a blind hem to the right length. This way Littleheart can still wear it when she gets a bit taller. If there is a line where the fold is on the hem, I can always sew on a pretty piece of lace. Unfortunately the day I actually put it on her I noticed the front is longer than the back, and the front is a bit too long...But she did ok with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, enough talking, lets get down to business - you want to make your own princess dress? Keep on reading...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A circle skirt tutu (see tutorial <a href="http://sewtlc.blogspot.co.il/2013/01/the-circle-skirt-tutu.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just take any T-shirt pattern that fits your child. Take the front piece, and instead of having the bottom straight across, make a point like so:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.5-2 yards of satin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 yard of cotton and 1/2 yard of lining (I used knit)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut two back bodice pieces out of your cotton and your lining</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut one front bodice piece on the fold out of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">your cotton and your lining</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut one middle piece out of your satin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut two strips out of your satin. use the entire width of the material, and make it as long as you want.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First take your middle front piece and fold over both sides, about half an inch and press.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pin the piece to the center of your outer fabric front bodice and sew down both sides.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take your strip of eyelets and place them along the edge of the middle piece. Pin and stitch on. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use your zipper foot to sew on the strip, so the eyelets don't get in the way. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you do not have a strip of eyelets, you can make loops (see </span><a href="http://www.fleetingthing.com/handmade/dress-up/Tangled-Rapunzel-costume-tutorial/&2_2_95" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">this tutorial</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">). I would still use a strip of lace, and sew the loops under the lace. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pin the lining piece to the outer fabric piece, right sides together. Sew around the entire piece (front and back), but leave the bottom of the front open. Turn the whole part right side out, make sure you poke out all the corners. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serge or zigzag the bottom of the front bodice closed (so it will be easier to sew on the skirt part).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make the sleeves according to <a href="http://www.craftinessisnotoptional.com/2010/11/snow-white-sleeves-tutorial.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gather the top of the skirt pieces. You need to do a lot of gathering, since we cut a lot of material to get the fullness. Gather to the size of the bottom of the bodice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now pin the first skirt part to the bottom of the front bodice and sew it on. I actually went over that twice, so it would be very secure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Littleheart loves her dress, she was very proud to wear it to her Purim party at daycare and wore it for three days straight after that (now it is in the wash...).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made another costume for a friend's son - a superhero costume. I will show it to you soon...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is my tutorial for my "You are my sunshine shirt" I will be uploading to the <a href="http://mellysews.com/2013/01/announcing-the-winter-version-of-sew-in-tune.html" target="_blank">Sew in tune</a> flickr group. It isn't really a full tutorial, I kind of just explain what tutorials I used to make it. But If you are an intermediate sewer you should be able to follow along....So here is how I made it:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thin knit fabric, about a yard (it should be thin because you are going to have the shirt 2 layers)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yellow knit fabric for the sun (scraps is enough)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can use any shirt pattern for this top, just leave out the sleeves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Download my sun applique pattern here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut two back pieces and two front pieces from your knit fabric. You want two so that your applique is sandwiched between them. That is why I used thin knit material.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After following t<a href="http://saygrrsewing.blogspot.co.il/2012/08/finished-edge-reverse-applique.html" target="_blank">his tutorial</a> for reversed applique with neat edges I
suggest leaving out the neat edges and just doing regular reversed applique
like from <a href="http://icandyhandmade.blogspot.co.il/2012/02/tutorial-ruffled-heart-tee.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>. Don't get me wrong, the tutorial is great, but she specifically says: "<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">If you have multiple shapes, it's best to leave at least 1/2 inch between them". Well, my sun rays are much closer together, and so it was really tricky </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to do
the neat edges. Since you are working with knit, and knit does not fray, it is really not a problem to make raw edges. But you choose...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, after your make you applique topstitch around the entire design, using yellow thread. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Write out your sentence with a removabl<span style="background-color: white;">e pen. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take yoru yellow embroidery thread and embroider the sentence, using any embroidery stitch you like. I made a broad chain stitch using <a href="http://www.embroiderersguild.com/stitch/stitches/broadchain.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now flip the shirt to the right side and topstitch the neckline, again using a stretch stitch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the hem, I decided on a lettuce edge hem, in order to make a little ruffle and have to go with the <a href="http://sewtlc.blogspot.co.il/2013/02/ruffle-leg-shorts.html" target="_blank">Ruffle leg shorts</a> to make a very ruffly outfit. You can find the tutorial <a href="http://fromanigloo.blogspot.co.il/2011/02/lettuce-edge-with-your-sewing-machine.html" target="_blank">here</a>, I love this technique, and you don't need a serger for it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And that's it! Make this for a little sunshine in your life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u>This is the first tutorial for my "<a href="http://sewtlc.blogspot.co.il/2013/02/you-are-my-sunshine-summer-outfit.html" target="_blank">You are my sunshine</a>" outfit. My ruffle bottom shorts were inspired by these shorts I saw from the Gap:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You are welcome to download my pattern <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8tEq6NHldNIYVBtTTdYQUp5VW8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. It is size 3-4T. If not you can use any shorts pattern, and add the ruffles on the bottom, instead of hemming. For my pattern add 1/2 an inch seam allowance!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut out two front pieces, two back pieces, two of each pocket pieces, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">two very long strips (as long as your fabric) 2" wide</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First we are going to make the pockets on the front pieces. Pin your rounded pocket piece to your front piece at the rounded part, right sides together and stitch along the rounded part. Snip the rounded part. Fold the pocket piece to the back of the shorts piece and topstitch along the rounded part.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now flip your shorts piece over and place the full pocket piece on the rounded pocket piece, right sides together, matching up the rounded part. Sew the two pieces together on the rounded part. Make sure you just sew together the pocket pieces, not the pants piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Turn one piece right side out and insert it into the piece that has the wrong side out. Match up the center seam and sew together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take your two long strips and fold them in half on the long side. Press. Ruffle your strips.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut your strips to be 18.5" each. Sew together each strip to form a loop (half inch seam allowance). </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You must think I am crazy, but honestly, I am sick of sewing things for
the winter. I find it difficult to find thick fabrics (other than fleece),
and well, short sleeves and shorts are so much faster, not to mention how fun
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, even though it is February and cold, I decided to get a head start on
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This first outfit I made for a fun series called <a href="http://mellysews.com/2013/01/announcing-the-winter-version-of-sew-in-tune.html" target="_blank">Sew in tune</a>. It is actually
the winter version of the series, but hey, people in Australia are not going to
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something inspired by a song. I actually had the outfit idea first, and then
realized it was perfect for the series, because it fits the song “you are my
sunshine”. My grandmother, may she rest in peace, used to call me her sunshine,
and I feel the same way about Littleheart. So this is the perfect little outfit
to start off my summer sewing.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I made for my friend’s baby girl (the first one was a <a href="http://sewtlc.blogspot.co.il/2013/01/black-apple-dolls.html" target="_blank">Black Apple doll</a>).</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I love how the set turned out, and it is nice and girly!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The overall is a pattern for the <a href="https://www.ottobredesign.com/" target="_blank">ottobre magazine 4/2012</a>. I
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The hat is a free pattern from </span><a href="http://www.zaaberry.blogspot.co.il/2012/08/baby-hats-tutorial-and-pattern.html" style="line-height: 115%;" target="_blank">Zaaberry</a><span style="line-height: 115%;">. This is a great
tutorial, and really easy. I lined the hat so there </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">wouldn't</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> be any rough seams
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The bunny is my own creation and the tutorial appeared on <a href="http://www.gritsandgiggles.blogspot.co.il/2012/12/bunny-softie-from-sewing-littleheart.html" target="_blank">Gritsand Giggles</a> in December for a “Becoming Mommy series”. I am bringing the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi, my name is Mira and I am so excited to be part of "Becoming Mommy" here at Grits & Giggles. I blog over at </span><a href="http://sewtlc.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sewing the Littleheart Collection</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and this is my first guest post!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I am going to share a project with you very close to my heart. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was a little girl, I had this bunny softie I loved. My parents actually bought me 6 of them, because I would not go anywhere without it. The bunnies were a big part of my childhood, and accompanied me everywhere. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took my old bunny as a base for my pattern (or whatever was left of the bunny) and recreated a soft, modern version of it. The bunny is not too hard to make (it can be made in one evening) and it is soft and snuggly - perfect for a new baby. I like that it is small, so it can be stuck into a purse if needed to, but it is more unique than just an ordinary little blankie. I made this one pink, but you can definitely make it any color for boys and girls! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then place the other two head pieces on top, right sides down (the face lookin down, make sure that the eyes are up and the mouth is down!). Pin in place. Make sure you pin the ears too. Then s</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ew around the head, sewing all the layers together. Keep the bottom of the head open. Trim seam allowance close to seam and flip. Press.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take your strip of satin and fold it in half on the long side and press. Now pin it to the right side of the body piece, lining up the raw edges. Do not pin the satin to the rounded part at the top, where the head is attached. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And voila! Your softie bunny is ready to be cuddled!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you so much for having me Jenilyn! This was really a fun series!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A while back I mentioned that I was doing a lot of "present sewing", and today I am ready to reveal the first outcome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I stumbled across the pattern for these handmade dolls from <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/264299/black-apple-doll" target="_blank">Black Apple</a> on various blogs, and thought the dolls were so cute. It is a great basic pattern, and I have seen so many fun ideas that have developed from it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think the doll is great for any age, but I think it is especially good as a "first doll", since the entire doll is soft. Yesterday I gave the purple one to my dear friend who just had a baby girl two days ago. I hope it will bring a lot of joy to her little princess. The other two are for a friend that also had a baby girl a while back (I made one for her 2 year old daughter too). I will be giving them next week hopefully.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I basically followed the basic pattern (which you can find <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/264299/black-apple-doll" target="_blank">here</a>) and added two things:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Hair on two of them (just took a bundle of yarn and sandwiched it between the two head pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. I made a little circle skirt for all the dolls following <a href="http://www.danamadeit.com/2010/09/the-circle-skirt-tutorial.html" target="_blank">this tuturial</a>. I used knit fabric for the skirts and made a lettuce edge for the hem using <a href="http://fromanigloo.blogspot.co.il/2011/02/lettuce-edge-with-your-sewing-machine.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really had fun making these dolls, and I think this is my new favorite present for a baby girl. The next babies due are boys, so I will have to come up with other present ideas...:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and a rainbow sunshine her second year (see tutorial <a href="http://www.merrimentdesign.com/sunshine-and-rainbow-halloween-free-costume-pattern-for-babies-toddlers-and-kids.php" target="_blank">here</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided that it was time to be a princess. I looked around the internet for some inspiration, and decided to make her a princess dress with a separate tutu under it, so that Littleheart would have the tutu after Purim to play dress-up. She doesn't have any dress-up clothes yet, but I think this is the time to start her a dress-up box, so this will be the first item in her box!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I haven't started the dress part yet, and I will definitely post about it, but today I want to show you how I made this circle skirt tutu. I made it long, since it goes under a princess dress, but you could make a shorter one if you are just making the tutu by itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The amount of fabric really depends on the size of the skirt. You need one layer of your cotton/knit and 5-6 layers of you tulle. My Circle has a radius of about one meter, so I used one meter of the cotton and 2 by 3 meters of the tulle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First make your circle skirt pattern. As always, I used this great template from t<a href="http://scientificseamstress.blogspot.co.il/2011/10/circular-logic.html" target="_blank">he scientific seamstress</a>. I made four templates and taped them together so I would have a full circle, since I figured it would be easier that way with the tulle. But you could do it the traditional way too, using just a fourth of a circle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Cut out one circle of your cotton or knit fabric. The reason I put one layer of soft cotton is so that the tutu will not scratch. Tulle is kind of rough, so with the cotton layer on the bottom, the tulle does not tough the legs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Cut out 5- 6 circles of tulle. Now I thought I bought just enough tulle for the skirt, so I had 2 meters of 3 meter tulle, but in the end it seems like the lady at the store wasn't honest with me (or maybe just made a mistake? I hope so...) and the tulle wasn't really 3 meters long. So I didn't have enough to make 6 entire circle. In the end I cut out 4 full size circles and two smaller ones. I put the small ones in the middle, so they would give fullness, but wouldn't really show. I think it worked out that way...</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sew in your elastic, following these instructions from <a href="http://www.danamadeit.com/2008/07/tutorial-the-circle-skirt.html" target="_blank">MADE</a> (if you are not new to my blog, you know by now that I refer to this tutorial for all my circle skirt remix tutorials. It is a great tutorial on how to make a circle skirt, and once you have it mastered, the possibilities are endless).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And voila! Your circle skirt tutu is done!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07167160356380754498noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686783243214270681.post-77561930151110048402013-01-01T10:43:00.000+02:002013-01-03T08:17:02.167+02:00Simple fleece skirt with elastic waist<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, first of all - Happy New Year! I hope you all had a good holiday season and as we say in Swiss German "E guete Rutsch" (a good slide) into the new year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The past two months have been a little slow on my blog. I did get some sewing done, but mostly presents, which I cannot reveal until they are given to the people, so we will just have to wait a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember how I told you <a href="http://sewtlc.blogspot.co.il/2012/11/fun-with-fleece.html" target="_blank">here</a> that I love to sew with fleece? Well, I made myself a skirt out of the left over fabric from Littleheart's</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://sewtlc.blogspot.co.il/2012/10/kcwc-day-one.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">fleece coat</a>. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a cute and easy skirt I can wear with leggings and boots. It was so fun and fast to make, I whipped up two more for my sister and cousin!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used one of my skirts as a guidance to make the pattern. I am a size medium, so if you are too, you are welcome to <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8tEq6NHldNId0NybkM4ai0tdUU" target="_blank">my pattern</a>. Just download it <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8tEq6NHldNId0NybkM4ai0tdUU" target="_blank">here</a>. There is only one piece, same for front and back, cut on fold. If you need a different size, take an A-line skirt that fits you well and trace it...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So here is goes - I swear super easy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Pin and sew side seams. Topstitch down side seams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Sew on the elastic using this tutorial from <a href="http://www.danamadeit.com/2008/07/tutorial-the-circle-skirt.html" target="_blank">Dana's circle skirt</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You are done! See how easy?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">P.s. See my kumquat tree behind me? Does anybody have a good recipe for kumquats? I have NO idea what to do with them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know I haven't been blogging much lately. I haven't really been sewing much. It is pretty cold here now, and I usually sew at night. But right now it is just more attractive to cuddle up in bed and watch a movie or a show...But I have a huge to-do list so I hope I will have some projects to share with you soon...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the meantime I will share some pictures with you from a little trip we took up to the North of Israel. It was amazing, everything was green and we even got to go sledding on the Hermon mountain (the only mountain in Israel that has snow in the winter). We had amazing weather, just the perfect little vacation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I am guest blogging over at <a href="http://www.gritsandgiggles.blogspot.co.il/" target="_blank">Grits & Giggles</a> for a wonderful series called "Becoming Mommy", with this cute bunny softie...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lately I have posted a lot of winter clothes I made for Littleheart, but the weather was always too warm for her to wear them and take pictures. Then we went on our trip to the States, and she finally was able to wear everything, so I thought I would share some pictures with you! I am sorry, they are not all good quality, I don't know if it is just me, but I find it really hard to get good pictures of an active 2 year old...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My </span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://sewtlc.blogspot.co.il/2012/10/thanksgiving-jumper-with-removable.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Thanksgiving jumper with removable turkey tail</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> was a great hit, and a lot of fun to make. My sister and I were talking about it one day, and found that the options are never ending! We came up with so many new ideas, so the next project for Littleheart's holiday wardrobe is the </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hanukkah (Christmas) Jumper with removable Menorah (Christmas Tree). This one can definitely have the interchangeable ruffle like the </span><a href="http://sewtlc.blogspot.co.il/2012/10/thanksgiving-jumper-with-removable.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Thanksgiving jumper with removable turkey tail</a>, <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but to change things a bit the interchangeable piece for this dress will be snowflakes and a snowman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made the jumper with the Menorah piece, since we celebrate Hanukkah (and Littleheart has a Hanukkah party this Friday), but it is really easy to make something for Christmas. Since Christmas is also the holiday of lights, I suggest doing some candles, and maybe a tree in the middle. Here is an illustration of what I would do, but the options are never-ending!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also had some comments last time like - "too bad I don't have a girl I can make this for". Well, you don't need a girl, the idea would be super cute for a boy too! I would make a basic overall, and have the interchangeable piece on the butt. I would take one symbol, instead of a line of symbols. So for thanksgiving, I would just make a turkey, or for Christmas a Tree. I am sure I will be trying it out for my nephew pretty soon....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I like about this jumper, and the thanksgiving one too, is that it can be worn after the holidays too. Kids grow so fast, and it is really a waste of time to make them something they can wear only once. This is the perfect solution!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, if you want to make the Hanukkah (Christmas) Jumper with removable Menorah (Christmas Tree) then keep on reading...</span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Snowflake, Snowman, Christmas Tree and Candle Template (download <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8tEq6NHldNIc3BWczYySDN5b2M" target="_blank">here</a>)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like I said earlier, you can definitely make a ruffle piece to snap on after the holidays, or you can try out something new like my Snowflakes/Snowman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For this piece I played around with my new fabric markers a bit. I cut out the snowflake and snowman out of white fabric and ironed on interfacing to the back. The I drew on the pieces with my fabric markers. I zigzagged around the edges and attached them onto my "tail" piece directly with the snaps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I showed Littleheart the dress and she wanted to put it on right away. Since she was already showered and dressed for bed, our compromise was to put it on over her jammies. She loved it, and was very willing to pose for the picture. I think the candles in the back turned out really pretty. Like I said, you can easily adapt it to a Christmas dress, use other symbols and Christmas fabrics, I bet it will look great!</span></div>
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