A few weeks ago, I got my mom's sewing machine that I begged off of her. It arrived via Chuck one weekend when he was coming home (my folks left it with him earlier this summer) and after I convinced him he could check it as luggage. It fared well on the flight and only a box of pins escaped and were EVERYWHERE when we opened the box. So with the newly acquired machine, I have been eager to get to creating. After scanning at the pattern books at the fabric store, I was not inspired. I really wanted something cute and to be honest, easy. When I was folding some laundry the other day, I noticed these long slips that I got from this company HERE, seemed easy enough to copy. The girls often wear them to bed at night as night gowns. I thought I could make these for them. All I needed was a little material.
We were in Walmart the other day (which as a side note, I hate that store and only go about 3 times a year, avoiding it like the plague) and I thought I would pick up really cheap fabric to to TRY my idea out on. I didn't want to waste expensive fabric on these nighties just in case they were terrible. So the girls each picked out a color of gingham and we were off.
I figured yesterday afternoon was as good as any time to get to work on my idea. All the while I was wishing I had just settled on a pattern and not thought I could imitate some designer and come up with something out of nothing. Well, aside from looking a little bit like a hospital gown or maybe a feed sack dress, they turned out pretty cute. I added bows after I was done to add a little pizazz.
Now all I need are some good pattern ideas and I will be off to creating a new wardrobe for the tween girl. As I have stated before, finding clothes for these little ones is getting hard (HERE). I need some i
deas on where to get cute patterns. Any tips for me (and all those other readers)?
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