If you’ve been following along on my blog this year, you’ll already see a lot of the same themes popping up a lot: sewing (duh), making clothes for my family and finding new uses for old things. I love sewing clothes for little people 🙂 The fabric needed for many outfits is so minimal that it opens up a whole world of possibilities.

This blouse is one that I picked up from the thrift store earlier this year for just a couple of bucks. While I usually try to keep a fairly neutral and subdued palette in my shop, I do still love color! Sometimes when I see something as enticingly vibrant as this, I will pick it up with the intent of making something for the girls. So now, not only do I have a desk and part of a closet devoted to storing fabric for my shop, I also have a few paper bags full of potential projects for the girls. I shudder to think what the moving guys are going to think when they are packing up all of my stuff later this year.

I originally wanted to make a little blouse with a Peter Pan collar for Lily, but I was completely distracted while cutting the fabric, and ended up wonkifying all of the dimensions on mistake. Out of desperation, I ended up sewing itty-bitty French seams on the sides and scrapping the sleeves and collar in favor of a more simple look. A word to the wise: don’t cut fabric unless you are 100% engaged in what you are doing. You will always do dumb things…or at least I always do, anyway.

This was the end result. Not perfect, but better than I expected after I botched the cutting. Thankfully, Lily still seems to love it! I just need the weather here to warm up already so we can actually get outside in short sleeves. Get with the picture already, Chicago!!!