Sewing Girls Clothes - Stampin Up Style!

Apart from mending clothes and this wall hanging I have not done much sewing for a long time!  I used to sew alot of my own clothes when I first started working but now that I'm a SAHM I mostly wear t shirts and jeans.  But I decided that my daughter, who has just turned 5, needed some nice new clothes for school and church so here is what I created for her using Stampin Up! fabric and my existing stash of material.

This dress was inspired by this one I saw on Pinterest.  It has a really easy-to-follow tutorial and I love the patchwork look of it.

I found that after she had worn it for a couple of hours the ribbon on her shoulders was starting to pull apart so I had to sew another line of thread down the middle to give it more strength.  But I'm glad I used that ribbon because it coordinates with Twitterpated Fabric and looks so pretty!

SU! Supplies: Twitterpated Designer Fabric, Riding Hood Red 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon

I recently purchased "Making Children's Clothes" by Emma Hardy and this dress is on the cover.  I made it 6" longer as it was for a toddler, but I didn't make it wider and it fits my 5 year old perfectly.

 SU! Supplies: Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Big Shot Fabric Adhesive Roll, Whisper White Button, Whisper White 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon

I used the remaining Twitterpated fabric to make this skirt from the same book.  I added the white to make it go a little further but if I'd still had a full pack of SU! fabric I would have just cut strips as in the book.

 

 SU! Supplies: Twitterpated Designer Fabric, Riding Hood Red 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon

And this last skirt was the same as the one above but using my leftover Spice Cake fabric.

SU! Supplies: Spice Cake Designer Fabric, Very Vanilla Velvet Ribbon

I've Been Sewing!

I've actually made a few of these wallhangings now, both for each of my own children and as gifts for the children/babies of family and friends, but this was the first time I was able to use Stampin' Up fabric! I had been waiting for a more "boyish" collection to come out and was happy to see the Spice Cake fabric in the Summer Mini Catalogue. This fabric is still available to purchase as it has been carried over.

I used the big shot to cut out my letters, then ironed them on to the calico using the fabric adhesive. My sewing machine has a blanket stitch which I used around each letter. Then there is a 1" border (cut 1 1/2"), a 3" border (cut 3 1/2") then the binding (3" strip ironed in half). I only quilted around the calico frame with my machine but could have quilted more of course. In total it took about 4 hours to make. And I still have heaps of fabric left! Hmmm, what to make next?

Accessories: Big Shot, Simple Letters Alphabet Bigz Dies, Hearts & Brackets Die (Retired, for the Heart on the i), Sewing Machine, Spice Cake Designer Fabric, Calico, Thin Wadding.