Butterick 5585, Sewing an infant sweater

This is Butterick Pattern 5585. I added an eyelet trim to the sleeves.

I also decided to make my own facing. The pattern has a self facing, but the fabric I used was thick, so to use the self facing would have made it really difficult to sew the buttonholes.

Sewing Dresses for Easter

These are dresses and sweaters I sewed to donate for Easter.

McCalls 6018

 

 

 

 

I made this sweater using McCalls 6018. I used an interlock knit (found on the value table) purchased from Hancock Fabrics.

Butterick 5980

 

 

This is Butterick pattern 5980. It is fully lined. I chose to make this using Tutti Frutti fabric I purchased from Joanne Fabrics. I did add some color around the neckline using purchased flowers.

McCalls 6018

 

I wanted a sweater to complement the dress you see in the pic below. I could not find a sweater pattern, so I went with McCalls 6018. Actually, the shrug was perfect for this dress because it does not cover the tie in the back.

 

 



 

 

 

Polka Dot Smocking and a Snow Day!

Well, the last day of February and we got snow!

Today would be a good time for me to finish practicing polka dot smocking.

 

 

I believe the blue dress is view D. It requires smocking on the bodice.

Lining The Dress For McCalls 6015

This is McCalls 6015. The dress is not fully lined as I had thought, so the trial for me was to find a way to fully line it. The instructions do not include the bottom half of the zipper to be lined. This is not the look that I was looking for, so I had to search online to find a way to fully line this dress.  I used Angela Kane's method to line the zipper , but I had to slip stitch (See photo below) the dress at the shoulders.

Although I accomplished the task of lining the dress so that the bottom half of the zipper is not exposed, I will find another method because I do not want to have to slip stitch the shoulders together each time I make this dress.