Thursday
May132010
Kids Clothes Week: Finished
I finished the shirt for my 9-year-old last night during my hour of sewing for Kids Clothes Week on Elsie Marley. I hope to get some better pictures if the sun ever comes back ;) The pattern is Simplicity 4206, which my daughter thought was really funny because it's a pattern for "Dummies". It went together really easy, but was way too short, so I added the contrasting band of fabric at the bottom and I think it's a big design improvement to this simple pattern. By the way, this pattern for dummies still doesn't hold a candle to Patty Young's patterns for instructions for beginners. Just sayin'. The fabric is Pod and Earth from the Beyond The Sea collection by Cloud9 Fabrics.
Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 8:21AM
Reader Comments (2)
This is really lovely! I just posted my own version of this shirt and in the flickr description said the exact same thing about the length...it's crazy how short it would be without the addition! I used the same fabric in mine and covered the seam with rick-rack, but you had the much better idea! It looks great!
Lovely top! I used this pattern for my daughter last fall, and got a little carried away (it was the only pattern I used. To make 9 shirts). I'm trying to expand my repetoire this spring. And I think your contrasting band looks like an innovative design choice!