Good morning!! It’s good to be back! I have to warn you, though. I’m jumping the gun because the husband is still murmuring about adding another security measure or two, but I decided I just needed to get back into the blogging groove or I would lose all motivation and this little space would die a quiet, unacknowledged death. There’s a small chance that the blog will go down again, but I think it’s safe to proceed with caution.
Later this week, I’ll do a roundup of some fun things going on with Sewing Happiness and Little Kunoichi, but for now, I want to share a post that is long overdue.
I was supposed to partake in the celebration of Annalisa of Puperita a few weeks ago, but then the crazy hacking thing happened and…well, here we are. I discovered Puperita earlier this year when I made the puffy jacket. The pattern was excellent and it was fun to modify the hoodie into a puffer — Annalisa is amazingly prolific!! I took note of several other patterns I wanted to try, and when Emi of Just Add Fabric contacted me about participating in this lovely tour spearheaded by Jenya of While She Was Napping, naturally I said yes.
This is the Colleen Dress for knits. If there’s even a smidgen of woven fabric involved, I’ve learned that K won’t wear anything I’ve made. I had a feeling that this super simple style would appeal to her and I offered her several choices in knit fabric:
I was betting that she would choose the second one from the top with the turquoise and yellow. I was wrong; she immediately selected the navy and white stripes (inwardly I was hoping she would bypass it so I could use it for myself).
With such a straightforward pattern, there’s not a whole lot to say, but as per usual the Puperita pattern came together nicely. Also, I made this so long ago, the details are pretty fuzzy in my brain. One thing I do remember: I didn’t add the little bow on the neckband since K seems to be drifting away from “cutesy” details.
Highly approved, this is a dress that’s going to get much love. I tell you, tween sewing involves a lot of hit or misses, but both Puperita patterns I’ve used have proven to be hits!
I feel terrible that I couldn’t get this post up in time, but better late than never, right?? Did you already check out all the other wonderful blogs that participated? Here they are:
Janice ~ So-Cal Sewing Mom Soso ~Moineau & Petit Pois Ula ~ Lulu & Celeste
Nuala ~ clootie dumplings Pam ~ Threading My Way Maria ~ Fairies, Bubbles & Co.
Shelly ~ Sew Shelly Sew Chari ~ Take time to smell the rose Helen ~ The DIY Fox
Karly ~ Paisley Roots Melissa ~ Rebel & Malice
P.S. It’s Me-Made-May time! Are you in? Like last year, I am unofficially following along — I already wear something me-made 99% of the time, so I’m in the Me-Made-May spirit all year long!
P.P.S. Furoku members, #14 has gone out!
so glad you are back! 🙂 I missed you three times a week. Love that dress. it’s the kind of thing my tween would actually wear too. I tackled skinny jeans for her recently and that was a hit. I’m doing the same for me made may. most of my stuff is me made so I’m going to take pics and see how it all looks on me. but i’ll be wearing something home made every day just because I do!
Thank you, Kristi! I’ve missed updating, though the enforced break was also kinda nice 🙂 Yay for homemade every day!
Hurray and welcome back!! I’ve missed your posts, too! I love this dress — another one to add to my ever-growing list of Puperita patterns 🙂 I’m in for Me Made May, too – though just on a small scale, I think. 😉
Thank you, Emi! I haven’t taken any photos of my me-made-may outfits, so I’m seriously small scale :-). Annalisa’s patterns are great! I actually got another Puperita pattern that I meant to sew up for K, but then the sizing only went up to 6, so I’ll have to save the pattern for a friend’s daughter’s birthday!
Welcome back Sanae – and congratulations on the launch of your book! This looks like such a fun and easy dress to wear. Love K’s fabric choice, too!
So happy to be posting again! I feel a little out of practice so bear with me as I get my blogging feet back :-). K has good taste, that’s for sure! Thank you, Marisa!
Welcome back! I hope there will be no more nasty surprises! The dress turned out lovely. I too would have wanted that fabric! Sewing for a 5 year old is challenging at times, it is rather scary to think about sewing for a tween! is going to be like! Thank you for sharing this dress 🙂
Thank you, Jenya! So far so good on the blog front – no new hacking attempts this week :-). I noticed a definite downswing in handmade clothes around the time K was about 7, and now I’m resigned to waiting until she’s past middle school for renewed interest. Ah well, more time to sew for me, right? 😉
I fully agree – tween sewing is not for the faint of heart or those who take rejection personally. “cause I’m telling ya – there’s plenty of rejection with the tween bunch! I would have picked the navy and white stripe too – so I can understand why both you and K gravitate towards it. Although you weren’t able to use it for yourself, you can take comfort in seeing how amazing K looks in this dress! It has a Tea Collection vibe – comfy AND cute!