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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...

Testing for myself is something I really like because my wardrobe grows with handmade items, which always fit much better than store bought clothing, and I often get challenged during testing. Sometimes with new techniques, sometimes with clothing that are outside of my comfort zone, but turn out awesome in the end, sometimes also with fabric choices. I also like that I learn about my own body measurements and the changes that I have to do for each pattern. This makes it easier for future patterns that I am going to make. Meet the new pink (!) Miss Dandelion dress  by  Sofiona Designs . I never thought that I would wear a pink (well maybe dark fuchsia) dress, let alone sew one for myself. But this stripe fabric (it has very small stripes, which are difficult to see in the pictures) is a colour I just fell for when I saw it at Nooteboom Textiles. This dress, and the colour, where definitely out of my comfort zone. I loved the Dandelion peplum tops that I sewed for our gir...

Twisted and asymmetrical clothing are my weak spot, so I fell in love the moment I saw this outfit, the Adult Romy Twist Tee and Skirt from Petite Stitchery*. They look complicated and sophisticated, but they are actually very quick sews. The twist top has three different lengths, I made the regular top length, also the modest top length and mini top length are included in the pattern. I don't really see myself wearing anything shorter than the regular top length, but I must admit, everybody in the tester group looked great in the shorter top lengths. Besides the crew neck option, also a v-neck option is included and 4 different sleeve length. So you can make many different options with the twist tee. That skirt! Wow, it is just two pattern pieces, one for the skirt and one for the waistband, you need to fold and flip and there you are, you have your new twist skirt. Well not exactly, that is in theory how it works but it was a bit puzzling at first what should go where. I length...

When I saw this breeze shirt from plus2is5 I knew I had to make it for my husband. During our holiday in Hawaii two years ago we bought a shirt like the breeze shirt and he loves it. So after a year he requested another one. I started looking for a pattern but found it difficult to search. So when I saw the breeze shirt pop up in my instagram I bought the Breeze shirt from Twig + Tale right away and sewed it up for Fathersday. My husband loves it, it is nice and breezy. I made it in linen fabric that I bought at Textielstad. What makes the pattern to great is the attention to detail. There is contrasting fabric in the hem and the back of the top of the bodice. Also the difference in length of the front and back bodice gives it such a professional look. The pattern also uses french seams, which was a first for me. So also the inside looks perfect. My husband at first thought it was a big big on him, as he had to get used to the dropped shoulders. Let's see how he feels a...