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019 by gail hello and happy new year to anyone still out there i just wanted to let people know that my sister and i have opened an etsy shop selling all things adopt a kitty party this was the theme for lila s seventh birthday and both the preparations and the party itself were so much fun over the past couple years people have inquired about the certificate and box label and after lots of work revamping them and making sure everything was legit we ve decided to make the files available for purchase the adoption certificate and kitty carrier sticker have been updated and we ve added a fill in birthday invitation and a thank you note these files are now available as a bundle in the shop we also put together a limited number of complete party kits which include all the goodies meticulously selected and handmade of course from lila s birthday party a stuffed kitty a take home carrier gummy kitty vitamins chocolate kitty food a scalloped fleece blanket a velcro collar with bell and name tag and the adoption certificate with official gold seal you ll also get the invitation and thank you note with envelopes the listing in the shop is for a party of six but we re happy to create a custom listing based on your specific number of guests if you know anyone who loves kitties and would enjoy this party please send them our way lastly if you re putting together you re own party or if you just want to color some kitty faces we ve got some free kitty coloring sheets that you can download by clicking here posted in uncategorized 9 comments the annual jump rope dress third grade edition september 12 2017 by gail i m back with a first day of school dress i ve used the oliver s jump rope dress pattern for lila s first day of preschool kindergarten first grade second grade and now third grade tradition i actually made two jump rope dresses in the days before school started this year the first was a size 8 which i chose based on the fact that i ve gone up one size every year it came out way too big turns out using your child s actual measurements is a better sizing method who knew i guess the upside is that next year s dress is already finished i m hoping she might be able to wear a size 8 in fourth and fifth grade so we can finish out her elementary school career with this pattern the fabric is by miriam bos for birch fabrics from her wildland collection both my mom and my sister asked if i d used this print before no but i definitely have a thing for navy blue fabric with little colorful shapes all over it some cases in point and i never posted about her second grade jump rope dress from last fall so here s a record that it existed the older she gets the more she actually wears these dresses those early versions mostly hung in the closet but the last two saw the light of day pretty regularly the jump rope dress remains my favorite oliver s pattern for all the reasons i detailed here many years ago go ahead and make one or six you won t regret it posted in uncategorized 15 comments junie dress july 16 2017 by gail oh hi i made a dress you wanna see obviously i don t keep up this space anymore but i took some photos of this dress so i m tossing it up here i just kind of miss having everything i ve made cataloged in one place and having non iphone photos of my children this is the junie dress by brownie goose patterns it was my first time trying a pattern from brownie goose no complaints it all came together nicely the bodice and skirt are separate in case you want to get creative with fabric and there s an option for a fuller skirt which i used i think i cut this dress out last july it s a size 6 with the bodice and skirt lengthened to a 7 i had to scrap the one inch hem for a tiny one to save some length but thankfully it fits eight year old lila just about right it s a simple little dress but the bodice crosses over and ties in the back which is what drew me to the pattern in the first place for awhile i was missing little girl sewing but i m feeling more motivated to sew for lila lately she still happily wears what i make and loves wearing dresses so i m always on the lookout for patterns that are fitting for girls her age she s outgrown of a lot of my old patterns both in size and style i think this one suits older girls as well as the younger set rachel at stitched together is a great source of inspiration for more grown up patterns and so much more the chambray is my regular old kaufman variety lightweight with a nice drape still a favorite and for the binding i used some long saved pre made nani iro bias tape from jones vandermeer there was just enough left to tack the bow to the front another option included in the pattern i hope that front tooth takes its time coming in save posted in uncategorized 20 comments a first day theo shirt september 11 2016 by gail oscar started preschool last week he s so ready for it we were all pretty excited especially lila she begged to take him to school on his first day so i let her play hooky and come with us he walked in like he owned the place and barely noticed we were there i already have a mental list of hopes and dreams about what i will do with my 6 free hours every week probably more like 5 5 hours if you factor in dropping off and travel time but still it seems too good to be true the last time i had any sort of regular time alone was when lila started preschool in 2012 and it ended pretty quickly when oscar arrived two months later it s an exciting development anyway i decided oscar needed a new handsome shirt which is what he calls button downs for his very first first day of school i ve made him the oliver s sketchbook shirt a few times but the fit was pretty boxy so i started looking at other patterns the theo by zonen 09 has been on my radar for awhile it s a dutch pattern with a great fit and a two piece collar and there are a lot of cool customization options included i made the easiest most basic version this time just to try it out but you can also choose long sleeves a big 70 s collar piping at the yoke and pocket a welt pocket slim or standard width in each size and the option to add contrast fabric to the corners of the shirt in several different places based on his measurements i made a 104 small which is a 4 slim as you can see it s slim a tad slimmer than i had in mind i should ve known he s still 3 but he s built more like a 5 year old i ve since gone back and traced the pattern in a size 110 5 standard i love the look of the slim fit but i think he could use a little more room to grow for the next one i was really happy with the way the shirt was constructed and with the directions too for the most part i did consult my sketchbook pattern when it came time to attach the yokes to the back of the shirt though the technique can be hard to visualize and since i already knew liesl s diagram and instructions made sense to me i just went straight to hers also i was surprised the directions for setting in the sleeves didn t include adding basting stitches at the cap to ease them in is it even possible to attach sleeves without doing that i didn t attempt it i feel like you can get away with just about any fabric for a shirt like this but gingham is always a safe bet using the bias for the yoke and pocket is an easy way to add a little interest to a plain fabric like this and avoid matching those checks this fabric is from cotton steel s checkers collection which is full of great gingham colors i couldn t choose between the story blue and the coral so chio at llama fabrics kindly sent me both but this blue green won out in the end not sure what this dramatic pose is all about but he does match the cushion nicely preparing this pattern took a little extra work it s in english but it s formatted for a4 paper slightly longer than us letter size and doesn t include seam allowances legal sized paper worked well for the printing as did connecting the dots with my trusty ninja star measuring gauge for the seam allowance but good news sharon from zonen 09 is working on formatting her patterns for easier printing in the u s and adding seam allowances these upgrades will only make me love this pattern more one of these days i ll sort through the pictures of lila s first day of school jump rope dress maybe while oscar s at preschool i ll add it to my list posted in uncategorized 7 comments spring kcw big joey dress in imprint june 2 2016 by gail i managed to make something last week something i cut out last fall and then left on my ironing board for eight months it s a make it perfect joey dress a favorite pattern of mine and of lila s too the orange one i made when she was in kindergarten rivaled that first geranium dress as her most loved and most often worn garment i have no idea why this sat for so long once i started it the top half was finished in a couple hours and i would ve happily kept sewing if i d cut out two skirt pieces rather than just one instead i had to order more fabric thankfully llama fabrics still had this print morse dot from katarina roccella s imprint line so it all came from the same bolt and i got right back to work when the new fabric arrived started on day 1 of kids clothes week finished on day 7 the fabric is an art gallery knit same as my first joey i like these knits for their quality and great range of prints and because they have enough stretch to make bindings my only complaint is that there s some fading especially with the darker colors i remember thinking she looked so grown up in that first joey dress same with this one only about a year and a half growner upper tis the season for monkey bar callouses and backyard raspberries happy almost summer posted in uncategorized tagged dresses kcw knits make it perfect sewing for girls sewing for kids 8 comments seven years old march 30 2016 by gail seven she s changed some since this photo from my first ever post two sure was a sweet age i must say though i haven t felt especially nostalgic about a birthday since her fourth i think once i came to terms with the fact that the baby and toddler years were over looking ahead has just been exciting it really does just keep getting better and better and i can still see that little face in there somewhere it helps that she hasn t lost a single baby tooth anyway i want to share about lila s seventh birthday party and of course there s a dress to go along with it she requested a long sleeved birthday dress this year i don t own many long sleeved patterns but i ve been wanting to try this one for awhile now the oliver s playtime dress i made it from a coral cloud9 double gauze from joann normally i don t buy fabric at joann but i trust anything cloud9 fabrics puts their name on and double gauze never disappoints the pattern was great of course i remember when it first came out i thought it seemed like a little girl dress and that maybe lila was already too old for it i like it on her though it looks a lot like a geranium dress although it has facings rather than a lined bodice the sleeves have a dropped shoulder making them very easy to set in i had heard this dress runs big and aside from height her measurements put her squarely in a size 5 so i went with that and lengthened everything bodice sleeves hem to a 6 but on to the adopt a kitty party which definitely trumps the dress i was a little disappointed when she vetoed every cat fabric i chose i think i said it about oscar s animals in party hats second birthday but this one was officially the most fun i ve ever had party planning wise i m going to link to all the stuff i collected just in case you want to throw a kitty party of your own someday please somebody have one i m sad ours is over i m telling you it was super fun these are the cats we chose they came in several different breeds and the quality was good for the price we only had six guests which helped keep the cost and chaos down the girls arrived and chose a cat to adopt then named their kitties and filled out an adoption certificate then they chose a blanket pinked edge fleece and a collar a ribbon with a velcro closure sewn on strung with a key tag and bell picked up a bag of kitty food chocolate cereal a container of kitty vitamins gummy butterflies a little ball of yarn and an adopt a kitty box to carry everything home my sister designed the adoption certificates and the box labels she used this font which came with the flowers and she added the cat the certificates were adorned with highly official gold cat seals and i used the extra stickers on the cups the great thing about first graders is that they re still young and imaginative enough to genuinely enjoy playing on the rug with their stuffed cats but old enough to have attention spans and skills to do some fun party activities in addition to a few games we water colored cat faces and made little crowns for the kitties from pipe cleaners and paper flowers the crowns were inspired by this wrapping paper found locally which i used in much of the party decorating the girls and their kitties snacked on chocolate cat food cereal goldfish crackers peanut butter and nutella cat face sandwiches and strawberry mice mini chocolate chip eyes and nose sliced almond ears licorice tails i had planned to make the mice ahead but when lila and i did a test run we thought it would be a fun party activity and i think it was the kitties themselves were really the party favors but i made some treat bags too gummy mice kitty pens kitty stickers these found locally and a sugar cookie i got this set of cutters i m still waiting for jess to show up at my door and teach me how to decorate cookies but in the meantime i made some collars out of flattened starburst and a silver sprinkle i used this cat stamp on the bags and the invitations oh and i ordered these cat headbands too which arrived from china about 10 days after the party oh well i will admit that sometimes i get so wrapped up in the little details that i forget the actual point of the party you know for the kids to have fun but it seemed like everyone really enjoyed themselves and i loved all the prep so i think it was a win and lila was so excited about it all and man there is no shortage of cute cat ideas out there it was hard not to go crazy here s a link to my kitty party pinterest board if you want to see what i mean thanks for reading posts are obviously sporadic these days but i do still enjoying sharing things every once in awhile update some of these goodies are now for sale in my etsy shop check it out if you like and you can download the kitty coloring sheets right here posted in uncategorized 42 comments kcw robot trousers february 23 2016 by gail it s kid clothes week again and while i haven t actually done any sewing i thought i d share these pants i made for oscar s third birthday you know back in november they sorta go with this season s toy theme though so i m seizing this opportunity i ve made him a pair of oliver s art museum trousers f...