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The Stella Jumpsuit from Sofilantjes * has been on my sewing list for a long time. I wanted to sew it since our youngest was born, 2 years ago. This summer I just had to sew it since she will outgrow the sizes soon and I wanted to make a summer Stella with short sleeves. You must recognise the fabric from  these dresses . Yes, I bought it on the bold at Nooteboom and I love it. It a very soft fabric and flows so nice. There is still some left. Now all the girls at home have a garment in this fabric. Our husband is the only one missing out, but he doesn't like twinning with us unfortunately. Well too bad for him. The Stella Jumpsuit starts at size 50 (NB) and goes up to size 92 (2Y). I made a 74 chest size with a 86 length.  The Stella is the perfect newborn gift but it also works well for toddlers. Those jumpsuits look so cute on them when they walk around. The baggy bum works also very well with cloth diapers. Our daughter is wearing her cloth diaper in her stella. I specifi...

I love sewing jackets. It is a bit of a more complicated sew and therefore always give a satisfing feel after finishing it. I have already sewed 2 jackets last year and here is the next one: the Charlie jacket from Jalie . My first jacket was the Frida Jacket from  Fibre Mood , the second is the Billie jacket (woven fabric) from Petite Stitchery This jacket took a while to get finished. I started cutting the fabric almost a year ago. But then we moved and the fabric and pattern pieces scattered through my new sewing room. Then when I started again I had lost one of the pattern pieces (I did not cut all pattern pieces apparently) and needed to trace one pattern piece again. Then I got motivated to finish the project and I did. It is going to be great for fall when it will start to get colder, great for layering! The fabric was hard to photograph, as from a distance you cannot tell it has stripes and the colours blend. The fabric comes from Zonen09 and are petrol and ochre co...

I love high low dresses and tops on our daughter and so does she. This skirt and this dress are her favourites. When I saw the Lucky Clover I knew our daughter would love it. The longer the top/dress the better and the twirl of the Lucky Clover top and skirt pattern from Ellie and Mac sewing patterns * is awesome according to our daughter. This time a high low top! The Lucky Clover is a set and includes besides the top also a skirt. I love the set together, but in the end decided to start with the top. There are several options in the pattern. You can make a basic crop top, or add a flounce skirt to the top (like I did) and/or the sleeves. There are two skirt option, I used the circle skirt, but there is also a gathered skirt option. The circle skirt definitely uses a lot of fabric, but it is so worth it! It is a rather quick sew, except for hemming the skirt. That takes a while. There is a 60% sale at Ellie anc Mac so you can get the Lucky Clover for less than $4 at the moment! Fab...

Another BOO! Design pattern, this time a free pattern! Our eldest is liking skirts more and more, especially special ones. When I saw the free mermaid skirt from BOO! Designs , I knew our girl would love it. Our girl loves high low skirts and it is definitely an eye-catcher. She has been wearing her mermaid skirt non-stop ever since. Her holiday was filled with BOO! Design patterns, this bikini and this skirt.  The mermaid skirt is a really quick sew. You can choose to cut it as one piece or with two pieces with directional fabric. Our girl saw scales in this fabric, perfectly matching the mermaid theme of the skirt, so I choose to cut two pieces to keep the direction of the scales. After sewing the two skirt pieces together I had to add the waistband and I was done. I didn't hem the skirt as it wasn't necessary with this fabric and I do not really like hemming circle skirts. There is even a pattern piece included to add the skirt to a dress (the skirt is longer in this case)...

I immediately fell in love with the infinity leotard from BOO! Designs . It would be great for a swimsuit or a leotard for dance classes. I decided to first make a swimsuit for our eldest and I wanted to finish it before we went on our holiday to Italy. Now that the eldest is done with swimming lessons she will not use a swimsuit as often anymore. But of course during our holiday she would use it a lot. So I finished it the day before we went on holiday. Since her last bikini had a skirted bottom, I asked whether she wanted a skirt again or not. And of course she still wanted a skirt on her bikini. The pattern didn't include a skirt so I just added a rectangular piece of lycra, twice the width of the waist and gathered this. Then I attached the skirt to the bottom before attaching the waist band. The skirt ends halfway the bottom of the bikini. I didn't finish the edge of the skirt.  She loves her new swimsuit, the loves the back and the skirt the most. The back is indeed the...

Stitch upon a time * is introducing the SUAT Spotlight. Each month there will two patterns that are in the spotlight and will be on sale. This month the boxerwear patterns ( Men's , Women's and kids ) and the Shirtzie patterns ( Women's and girl's ) are on sale. So I sewed up a shirtzie dress for our youngest.  The shirtzie has 3 sleeve lengths and 3 length options, a crop top, tunic or dress length (with a dress and maxi length). I sewed the 3/4 sleeves, which will be perfect for summer and fall. The shirtzie is available for both girls (NB - 12Y) and women (XXS - 3X). I slightly hacked the pattern by adding a neckband. The top of the dress is fully lined and I decided to leave out the lining and just add a neckband. I did not change anything to the bodice so the neckline with the neckband is a bit higher than if you line the bodice. Adult Shirtzie - $8.50 Kid Shirtzie - $7.50 Men's Boxerwear - $7.50 Women's Boxerwear - $7.50 Kids boxer wear - $5.50 All patte...