August Sewing List

The first days of August have flown by. 

I have been working on sewing for grands. 

This week I completed these two items.

First finish was this romper/short overall for baby Kenton.

He is only 10 months old but wearing 18 and 24 month sizes.

I made the size 2 to be sure it will fit.

I altered the pattern to be fully lined and had no problem until I sewed the leg openings.

A little ripping and rethinking how to finish with snap tape.

I made this pattern many times when sewing for this guy's father.

Happy with the finish.

Little Miss Ava requested this navy check fabric when she saw the photo of the Violette Field Threads

pattern. This is the Harriet pattern. I had not made this one before.

It has a sort of circle skirt that was interesting to cut out.

Above shows the button shoulder tabs.

The dress was not hard to construct.

I washed and ironed the fabric before cutting out the pattern.

Look how the side seam lined up! 

Serendipity... and the other side is almost matching.

When I cut out the two skirt pieces I tried to line up the pattern at the same spot on the fabric.

Two more dresses to go for Miss Ava's birthday in a few weeks.

This week I also hand stitched the binding in the bag shown below.

My poor fingers hurt when I finished. 

I was wishing for a thimble or something to help push the needle through the thick places.

Linking with Wendy.

Have a good week!