Tutorial: Felt Flower Pin

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Cherie

I didn’t originally intend it, but I’ve been posting a tutorial from a piece of each of my Project Run & Play Sew Along outfits. I’m a little late with this one, but I thought I’d share how I made the pin for the blazer I made 2 weeks ago.

Now I know there are a billion fabric flower tutorials out there, but why not one more? I’m really sorry for the horrible pictures – I work at night in my poorly lit crafting area.

So here’s what you need:
Wool felt
Hot glue gun
Pin back
Scissors, thread and needle

You can definitely use different fabric or even polyester felt, but I LOVE wool felt for this pin. It’s nice and thick and gives the flower great shape.

First you’re going to need to cut your felt into little 5-petal flowers. These are actually going to be the petals. You’ll need 4 that are about the size you want the finished flower to be. Then you’ll need 2 that are slightly smaller. You’ll also need 2 circles – one that is smaller than your flower pieces and then one that fits inside the pin back.

(ignore the finished flower, but you can see how the smaller circle fits perfectly inside the width of the pin back)

Here’s how I cut the 5-petal flowers shapes. First I cut the felt into circles slightly larger than I want the finished flower to be. Then I slowly go around the circle and cut 5 little divots to make the petal shapes. If you want, you can draw the design on first and then cut slightly inside the line.

Before you start, you may want to thread up a needle and tie your knot at the end, so you’re ready to sew. Now take one of your large petal pieces and fold it in half.

Then fold it in half again. It should look like this (side and top view).

Take the larger of your two circles and place the tip of your folded petal piece in the center of the circle.

Starting from the back side, put through needle through the tip of the folded flower and stitch it in place. Don’t tie off or cut the thread, continue using it for the entire flower. Repeat with the other 3 petal pieces arranging them around the circle to cover the entire circle. It should look something like this.

Now take one of your smaller petal pieces and place it on top (without folding). Put the needle through the flower (from the back) slightly off center and then back down a millimeter or two over.

When you pull your thread tightly, it will pull the center of the flower in and the petals upward (because of the small space between the stitch).

Now, for the center of the flower, you’re going to take the last petal piece and fold it in half.

Then roll it into a cone.

Insert your needle back through the center of the flower and through the tip of the cone. Pull the needle through the cone and back down the center of the flower. Stitch it into place a few more times, then tie off the thread at the back of the flower and snip.

The back of your flower will probably look something like this, messy stitches and knots all over. Heat up your glue gun and adhere the pin back to the center of the flower.

Take your smaller circle and hot glue it to the back covering the pin back (and all those unsightly stitches 🙂

At this point, I didn’t totally like the shape of the flower and it’s petals, so I took some scissors and trimmed it a bit. Then you’re done!! Add it to anything for a fun finishing touch. I used it on this blazer, but I love that I can add it to any other coat, or a bag, or a headband, etc.

There you have it! One more flower tutorial for ya!

Blossom By Blossom Dress – Special Occasion for PR&P

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Cherie

For winter’s rains and ruins are over,
And all the season of snows and sins;
The days dividing lover and lover,
The light that loses, the night that wins;
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten,
And in green underwood and cover
Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

-Algernon Charles Swinburne

Well winter certainly isn’t over yet, but I thought the poem was fitting. The dress has winter imagery, but spring colors underneath and flowers blossoming all over, so I immediately thought of winter turning to spring. Hence the poem and the name 🙂

So here’s my entry for this week’s Project Run and Play Sew-along. The theme is Special Occasion/Party Wear. I had fun making this dress. I can’t say that it’s a super original idea, but it was definitely a new challenge for me.

I started with the idea of finding a sheer patterned fabric to lay over a solid fabric. I used this curtain, and though it was much more opaque than I had originally imagined, I liked the tree branch image. Because I had a “sheer” fabric, I thought an illusion neckline would be something fun to try. It turned out to be barely noticeable (because of the nearly opaque white fabric and the light colored green underneath), but that’s probably much more age appropriate for a toddler.

I wasn’t planning on making the main body of the dress two different colors, but the idea sprouted from my indecisiveness at the fabric store. I would usually never pick a nearly neon green, but it went so well with the purple and I figured it would be hidden under the white anyways. But once I started playing with it, I really liked the colors and made each one peek out a little bit. They really shout “spring” and “fun” to me! It was a nice contrast to the stark white and bare branches of the curtain material. The fabric is a cheap nylon.

I hand rolled and stitched the neckline and armholes, which was new to me. I don’t really know if I did it right, and it doesn’t look super clean, but I wanted the hem to be as small as possible. They are still not nearly as small as pictures I’ve seen online, but I guess I’ll keep working on it.

I finished it off with a bunch of flowers and petals cut from the curtain fabric and handstitched to the dress. I just can’t resist putting fabric flowers on anything! 🙂

I like the way the fabrics look, but with hindsight, I wish I had chosen something different. These fabrics are synthetic and stiff and unforgiving. I sew at night when Yuki is sleeping and I’m horrible at using measurements (a major weakness), so last night I realized that the bodice fit ALL WRONG. It was super baggy in the front and perfect in the back. The neckline was too big and almost falling off her shoulder. So I added some pleats to the front and had to take in the bodice a bit. Now it’s a bit of a squeeze to get her arms through :P. I really don’t know how to get that perfect balance of fitted, but still fits. If the fabric had even a little give, it probably would not be so bad. Oh well – live and learn!

The shoes are kind of a fun story. I realized last night that Yuki didn’t have any shoes to wear with the dress. I felt ridiculous buying shoes JUST for this outfit, especially since this girl has an outrageous amount of shoes for some reason. But I went to Payless and these gladiator sandals, originally $12.99, were marked at $4. They have a buy one get one 1/2 off promotion, so I thought I’d buy something else and these shoes would be $2. But when I went to check out, it turns out the sandals were on clearance for $2 so with the half off deal, they were only $1!! So then I didn’t feel so bad. 🙂 I didn’t particularly like the silver flowers they had on them, so I made a few more flowers with the curtain material and hot glue gunned them on. I think they look great and match perfectly with this dress now!

I also made a petticoat with tulle to give the dress more body, but I think I actually prefer the dress without. I guess it’s a good thing to keep around though. It can be paired with any skirt or dress and since it’s kinda huge, she can probably use it for a long time. This morning she just wore it around the house like a tutu and turned around in (very slow) circles. Where does she learn this from!?? 😛

(Please ignore how crooked that top row of tulle is. I was in a super rush :))

For our photo shoot today we went to the Palace of Fine Arts. Just another gorgeous spot in our city. And the weather was amazing!! It actually felt like spring!

Well, I guess that’s it for this outfit AND the Project Run & Play Sew-along. I think next week the three actual PR&P contestants that are left will do their signature look. It’d be fun to keep playing along, but I feel like it’s time to move on to other projects that are calling my name. I’ll have a few tutorials coming up and a reflection on this sew-along challenge coming up, but for now I’ll just say that it has been so much fun participating. I have learned so much, been so challenged and am so inspired!

I leave you with two outtakes from the photoshoot:

I told Yuki to lean in and smell the flower. I think she’s either kissing it or nibbling on it. Yum.

And this picture is SO our daughter. You can put the girl in a dress, but that doesn’t make her act “like a lady!” She was climbing and picking up rocks and scraping her knees the whole time. That’s my tomboy! She makes me proud 🙂

Linked up this project here:

Featured on Melly Sews

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Cherie

Yay! Yuki’s Saturday Blazer was featured on Melly Sews! As in, the creator of the blazer pattern. I’m so excited that she likes my version of the blazer that I made with her awesome pattern. I highly recommend this pattern and I highly recommend that you make one for your toddler!! What little tyke wouldn’t love rocking this look? Go over there to buy the pattern!

Thanks Melissa!!

Tutorial: Making Bell Bottoms From Regular Pants

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Cherie

I meant to post this last week, but got caught up in sewing. So here’s a quick tutorial from my 60s Flower Child outfit from 2 weeks ago. I’m going to show you how I made regular pants into bell bottoms. It’s super easy and you can do this for kids or adult pants to add a little extra flare. Get it!?? Wah waah.

This could be fun for a hippie costume or if you just like wide leg pants! Here’s what you need:

Pants (you’ll want to use something that is pretty fitted on top, baggy pants won’t look as good)
Fabric for the inset (either a decorative fabric, denim, or something that will match your pants if you want a less noticeable look)
The usual sewing necessities (sewing machine, scissors, thread, ruler)

First, you want to hem up the bottom of your inset fabric. To figure out how much fabric you’ll need to hem, just decide how wide you want the bottom of your inset to be (my little toddler pants insets were about 4 inches wide) and then double that (because you’ll need two) and always add a couple inches for good measure. I skipped this step because I left the bottom of my pants unhemmed, but if I had, I would have hemmed about 10 inches of my inset fabric.

Then, cut the outside seam of your pants up to the point where you want the pants to start flaring out, usually right below the knee. I just cut as close to the seam as possible on one side, and then cut up the other side of the seam and trim the seam to remove it.

Now we’re going to cut 2 triangles from our inset fabric. The hemmed side will be the bottom of triangle (again, I didn’t hem, so just pretend :)). You want your triangle height to be about half an inch taller than the cut you made in your pants’ side seam. I cut about 8 inches up the pant leg, so the height of my triangles are 8.5 inches. As for the width of the bottom – that’s up to you. The wider the triangle base, the wider the flare. You decide!!

Now it’s time to sew! Line up one side of the triangle with one cut edge of the pants, right sides together. You want the bottom seams lined up. Pin and sew starting from the bottom with about a 1/4 inch seam allowance (my inset fabric looked the same on both sides, so there was no “wrong” side, but make sure your fabric is wrong side facing up).

When you open it up, it should look like this on the right side.

Now turn your pants inside out and line the other sides up, right sides together. Pin and sew. You want to try and get your seams to meet in the middle at the top of the triangle.

When inside out, your pant leg should look something like this.

Turn the pants right side out and iron. Repeat with the other pant leg and you’re done!

I hope your little hippie enjoys their pants!!

Gray Day Peacoat – Outerwear for PR&P

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Cherie

Don’t you love foggy days? Awesome for picture taking! 🙂

So here is my actual entry for the Project Run & Play Sew-along. This week’s theme was Outerwear. I didn’t know much about sewing jackets/coats, so I started with a pattern to sew this blazer. I was able to sew it up pretty quickly last weekend so I felt like I was in good shape to make a coat next. Unfortunately, I was totally stuck on WHAT I wanted to make.

I searched for coat inspiration and pinned a bunch of stuff. One idea that stood out to me was a two tone, or color blocked coat, like this:

found here

I went back and forth about this idea so many times. I bought 4 different shades of wool and couldn’t decide which combo to use. Then I picked the colors and couldn’t figure out if I wanted gray on top or cream on top. Should the color break be closer to the top of the coat or bottom?? Man, I wish I wasn’t so damn indecisive!!

Since I don’t like making decisions, I ended up stalling and stalling and I didn’t start making the coat until it was too late and I had no more time. I pretty much made this coat all in one night (I had to stay up REEEEALLY late). I took the pictures yesterday (Thursday) before work, edited the photos after work and loaded them into the flickr pool around midnight. Phew, that was close!

Anyways, I don’t have a ton to say about this coat. I’m very glad that I took the time to sew the blazer first from Melly Sew’s pattern because I learned what facing is and how a jacket is put together. I drafted a new pattern for a basic peacoat using what I learned about facing. I took the shape and ideas for the shoulder and cuff straps from a jacket I own. I wanted it to be a long coat, so it looked a bit fancy and added extra warmth. And now that it’s done, it reminds me of a navy coat.

What do you think?

I think the coat came out fine, but I wish it had something that made it more unique. I love this coat from Anthropologie and now I’m thinking I might try to add something cool on the back. My sister votes no. What do you think?

from here

One of the downsides to procrastinating and running out of time, besides the stress and loss of sleep, is that I didn’t get “finish” the coat. I feel like I would have added some fun detail somewhere, but didn’t even get to think about it. I would have loved to have made a hat or some type of accessory, but that wasn’t gonna happen. But the good news is, I’m not ACTUALLY out of time. Just because I didn’t finish it before the PR&P deadline doesn’t mean I can’t touch it again, right? So maybe I’ll work on it more. Just after I finish next week’s challenge . . . (and the dozen of other projects on my to do list :P)

The theme for next week is Party Wear/Special Occasion. I’m most likely going to make a dress for Yuki and I’ve started brainstorming ideas, but I’m pretty sure the same thing is going to happen again this week. I’m going to mull over dozens of ideas and change my mind a million times and then finally decide on something, scramble to the fabric store to whip something up that I’m not totally satisfied with in the end. 😦 Indecision is definitely one of the traits I’d like to change about myself most.

And here’s the outtake:

Hee hee hee, my little cheeseball. I almost never get her to smile, so this was a miracle!!

The Saturday Blazer – Outerwear for PR&P

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Cherie

Yikes! I really fell behind on blogging this week. I had a tutorial lined up for this week, as well as projects from BEFORE Christmas that I haven’t shared and I certainly didn’t get to blogging about my Project Run & Play Sew-along entries before I posted them to flickr. I just BARELY made the deadline this time.

So the theme was Outerwear. I figured I’d probably make a coat of some kind, but I don’t have much experience making coats/jackets. I’ve made a hooded cape and a little coat, and though they turned out ok, I was just making it up as I went along and knew that I wasn’t doing it the “right” way. So I took this opportunity to learn more about jacket/coat construction (did you know how many pieces a basic jacket is made of!?? A LOT). I thought a little fitted blazer would be adorable on Yuki and I found this Toddler Blazer pattern by Melly Sews.

This is a super cute pattern for toddlers and young kids (the pattern is for 18m-4T). It was very easy to follow along and I highly recommend it! It’s $6 and you can buy through that link I posted above. I’m REALLY glad I decided to work from a pattern first because I had NO clue what facing was or how to sew it in and now I understand!

The smallest size is 18 months and even though Yuki is 17 months, she is small and is closer to a 12 month size. So I had to take the pattern down in size. I also wanted the blazer to have a fitted, slightly feminine look to it. I didn’t want it to look boxy on her, so I added a slight curve to the sides of the jacket to bring it in around her “waist.” It’s hard to see in in the picture, but I think it makes a difference. Of course, I made it TOO fitted. So now it’s snug when I button it over her big baby belly. Oops.

I used a gray bottomwear fabric from Jo-Anns because I love gray and it goes well with everything. The lining fabric was something that I had in my stash (also from Jo-Anns). I had bought it because I loved it, but had no idea what I was going to use it for. I love the bright splashes of color that it gives to the gray blazer!

I call it Yuki’s Saturday Blazer because that’s probably when she’ll wear it. Monday through Friday, while H and I are at work, Yuki goes to a nanny share a few days a week and is watched by H’s mom the rest of the week. We just dress her in comfortable “whatever” clothes because all she is going to do is eat and play and nap and roll around and get messy (which is generally ALL toddlers do). We never dress her up during the week. But Saturdays are for going out and doing special activities so I might dress her up in this. Sundays too, so maybe I should have called it the Weekend Blazer 🙂

So this wasn’t even meant to be my entry for the PR&P Sew-along, since I made it as practice. But I do like how it came out so I figure I might as well share it anyways. After I made the blazer, I applied the same construction steps but drafted a completely new pattern for a coat. I’ll share that one as soon as I can 🙂

Thank you Melissa from Melly Sews for the awesome pattern! I’ve learned a lot from you!

And here’s a little blooper from the photo shoot. I feel like I usually have one or two jewels that are just hilarious or cute – so I’ll start saving them for the end of each post:

Haha, silly monkey!

GAHHH!!

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Cherie

I’m having some major issues commenting on other people’s blogs!!! I don’t know if it’s me, my computer, my settings, something else!? Sometimes I can leave a comment and sometimes I can’t. Since I don’t know what the problem is, I don’t know how to fix it. Anyone out there that can help me?

On the BRIGHT side of this morning – Simple Simon and Co., one of my favorite blogs, did a little showcase of some of the sew-along entries for last week’s Sewing Through the Decades Challenge and guess whose little hippie is included!? MINE! Hee hee. Go check it out – the other outfits were REALLY AMAZING. I’m kinda shocked that they included my outfit since I didn’t think it was quite up to the caliber of the others.

This week, the theme is outerwear. I’m kinda stalling because I’m not totally sure what I want to make. And I wish I had more time to blog, but my project list is kinda out of control and I’ve got a busy week. But hopefully I’ll have a jacket or coat (or 2?) to show you later this week. Thanks for sticking with me – I appreciate it. 🙂

60s Flower Child – Sewing Through the Decades for PR&P

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Cherie

“If you’re going to San Francisco,
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
If you’re going to San Francisco,
You’re gonna meet some gentle people there.”
– John Phillips

The theme for Project Run & Play this week is “Sewing Through the Decades.” The assignment was to pick a decade and design a children’s outfit based on the fashion trends of that decade. I just took a look at the Flickr pool to see some of the other entries and there are some fabulous outfits!!

I had a hard time coming up with this week’s outfit. There wasn’t one decade or style that was screaming out at me. I considered doing a popular 50s girls dress with the poofy skirt and all. At one point I wanted to recreate one of my mom’s outfits from the 50s. Or do a 60s mod dress. I love 20s style dresses, but I didn’t think the ones I really liked would look good on a toddler’s body. I even considered an 80s Madonna tribute. It’s pretty random how I ended up picking this style.

I chose this 60s hippie/flower child look because of a picture of a flowy top I came across while doing some research. It looked so pretty, so I drew a sketch of it and though I kept looking for more ideas, I kept coming back to that sketch. I wanted to do a hippie look – but not like the tie-dyed, super bright and colorful peace signs and big flowers exaggerated hippie look, but the bohemian flower child, super earthy, war protesting, barefoot kinda hippie of the late 60s. It’s probably because I could kinda see myself as one, had I lived during that time. I didn’t realize that San Francisco was the epicenter of the hippie subculture in the mid to late 60s. It made me want to take my little hippie child down to Haight-Ashbury or Golden Gate Park for our photo shoot to recreate some fun scenes. It may seem a little inappropriate for a child, considering drugs were such a huge part of the culture, but that part aside, it was a really fun style to try.

I had a few goals in mind for this week:
1. Sew something new and different (this is kind of a goal that I always have).
2. Keep it simple. I knew I couldn’t go all out and pull off 5 pieces like last week.
3. Make something that fit the theme (was inspired by a past decade), but was something that Yuki could wear again as part of her regular wardrobe.
4. Blog about the outfit before uploading my pictures to flickr by Friday at 8am.

I’d say I was about 75% successful.

I accomplished the first and last goal! I did attempt something new with both the top and the bottom. Both pieces were completely new to me. And look, a blog post before the deadline (barely, but still)!

As for keeping it simple, I tried. I didn’t have the time to make a super elaborate outfit this week – nor did I have the inspiration. So I thought I’d do something really simple this week and maybe start a little early on next week’s challenge (didn’t happen). I wanted to do 2 simple pieces, a top and a bottom. I made a fairly simple blouse pattern with no real crazy details or embellishments. I hit a few rough spots when I was constructing it, but I was able to finish it in half a day and once it was done, it didn’t need any altering (thank goodness)! I kept it pretty simple!

The bottoms however are a different story! Originally, I made some denim cut-off shorts. I spent a decent amount of time adding a lot of detail to the shorts to make them look like real jeans (I was inspired by all the great pants made by the contestants for Boys Week). After they were done, Hideko said that she didn’t think it went with the top and the overall hippie look (she loves to give me her opinion AFTER I’ve finished making something :)). She thought I should make bell bottoms! I wasn’t planning on making anything too “hippie” because I wanted her to be able to wear it again. But I gave in.

I had a pair of my old jeans that I thought I could use for the bell bottoms. Since I was quite sure Yuki wouldn’t be wearing these again, I didn’t want to spend a ton of time on them. But they ended up being the most time consuming part of the outfit, BY FAR. I hacked apart my jeans trying to make them fit my 16 month old and make them bell bottoms. When I tried them on her, they didn’t look bell bottom-y enough, so I decided to add the triangles of fabric to really exaggerate the look. Why not go all the way!? They certainly look the part now!

I didn’t hem the bottoms, so they’ve have a bit of a tattered look – I just zig zag stitched the edge. I hope to have a tutorial relating to these pants next week, so look out for that, if you’re interested!

So, I was able to keep the top simple, but spent too much time on the pants. She’ll definitely wear the top again, but probably not the pants (unless we have a costume party to go to). Overall, I’m not THRILLED with how the outfit came out. I do like the top, but it looks a little oversized on her. The bodice is perfectly fitted, but the sleeves and the body probably could have been a bit shorter. The pants are also too long, so I’m afraid the whole outfit looks a bit sloppy. Maybe accurate, but still a little sloppy.

I did have fun putting together a few accessories for the photos though. I just bought some cheap wooden beads and strung them randomly on some string for her necklace. I got a yard of leather and added some beads and glued a few feathers that I already had at home to the ends for the headband. I also took a fake daisy and glued it to a clip for her hair, though it fell off half way through the photo taking.

I had a lot of fun on this photo shoot! It was a chilly morning on the beach, but my crazy child wanted to go IN the water. The FREEZING water. She kept walking towards it and though it would have made for some cool pictures, I did not want to lose my child in the ocean while I was snapping away on my camera! We did both get our feet wet though. I think I do have a little hippie child. Take a look at her dirty wet little feet.

After we finished taking these pictures I put her in some dry clothes and had a little cracker treat. She was quite a trooper!

You like my dirty, hippie, photo-shoot-is-more-important-than-showering look?? 🙂

Next week’s theme is Outerwear! I THINK I know what I want to make, but it’s going to be quite a challenge. Have you ever looked at jacket construction? It’s complicated! What I probably SHOULD make is a raincoat – it’s finally started raining and it looks like it’s not stopping any time soon!

What have you been up to? Hope you’re staying warm and dry!

Tutorial: Easy Pants Cuffs

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Cherie

For my last week’s Project Run & Play outfit for Boys Week, I wanted to make some pants with a cuff. At first I was thinking about making fully lined pants with a fold up cuff, but I decided to simplify and just make a fold up cuff to attach to the bottom of the pants. It’s a super easy way to add a fun accent or add length to pants that are a bit too short. I thought I’d show you how I did it.

First, start with a pair of pants, either an already finished pair, or if you’re making pants you can stop before hemming the bottoms. You want the length of the pant legs to be about a half inch longer than the final desired length of the pants. If you are trying to lengthen pants, don’t worry. Start with what you have and you can add the extra fabric to the cuff.

Cut two rectangles out of your cuff fabric. Your rectangles will need to be twice the width of the pant bottom plus 1/2 an inch for seam allowance. The leg openings here were about 4 inches, so I doubled that and added 1/2 an inch to get 8.5 inches (the fabric here is more like 9 inches because I usually cut extra, just in case).

The height will be twice the desired cuff height, plus 1/2 an inch. I wanted my finished cuffs to be about 1.75 inches, so I doubled that and added .5 to get 4 inches. If you are making cuffs to lengthen pants, you’ll want to add more fabric depending on how much longer you want your pants to be and how big you want the cuff to be. You might have to play around with the measurements a bit. I always cut my fabric big and then trim away what I don’t need later. 🙂

Fold your fabric in half, so that the short ends are together, right sides together and sew along the short ends using a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Now you should have a tube.

Fold the top half of your tube down so that the right side of fabric is showing on both the inside and outside of your tube and press. If your fabric has a top and bottom like mine, you want to make sure the print is facing the right direction and the folded part of the tube is on top and the raw edge is on the bottom (you may need to flip your tube inside out).

Now, with the folded edge still on top, insert the cuff into the pant leg. Line up the side seam of the cuff with the inner seam of the pant leg. The right side of the cuff should be facing the wrong side of the pants.

Line up the bottom of the cuff with the bottom of the pant leg and pin all the way around to hold the cuff in place.

Sew the cuff to the pant leg using a 1/4 seam allowance. You can also serge or zig zag the edges here for less fraying and a cleaner look.

Pull the cuff out of the pants and fold them up. Press and you’re done!!

Imagine the possibilities! Now you can spice up just about any old pair of pants! Have fun!

OooOOooOoh my goodness!

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Cherie

My Boy-cycle outfit for Boys Week was chosen as one of the winners for the At-home-sew-along Contest for Project Run & Play!! There was a tie! I’m so excited and shocked and happy! The other winner was Stephanie from Pinafores and Pinwheels and I’m so glad that they picked her design too, because I LOVE it. Hers was a Sherlock Holmes inspired look that is so stylish and totally wearable too.

Something weird is going on where I can’t leave comments on some other people’s blogs (some work fine and other not at all!). I’ve tried today and yesterday from 2 different browsers and it still won’t work. At the risk of sounding like a cheesy acceptance speech, I DID want to publicly say thank you to the judges of the contest for picking my outfit! And all the really supportive people who have left sweet and encouraging comments. A huge thank you to the ladies at Simple Simon & Co. for hosting the fantastic Project Run & Play competition and allowing the opportunity for the sew-along! I’ve been having so much fun!

Look out this week for a simple tutorial from the boy’s outfit and then my entry for this week’s PR&P challenge which is Sewing Through the Decades. You can take a look at all the other sew-along entries at the PR&P Flickr Pool. Most people will add their submissions starting from tomorrow and the deadline is Friday at 8am. Hope I get mine done, photographed and uploaded by then! Can you guess what decade I finally picked?

you and mie

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