Kids Clothes Week:: Day 4

the sun was hot on my heels this afternoon! i had to make a stop on the way home to set up an account at our local consignment shop and didn't get home until around 4. i hadn't started this top yet, but thought that it would be really simple and wouldn't take that long to finish. actually, my intention was to make two of these! boy, was i wrong about the time and ease.

first of all, the pattern is from amy butler's book, little stitches. and while i'm a huge fan of her fabrics, and i think the book is beautiful, the directions were hard for me to follow. again, this is probably because i'm a beginner and it takes me time to figure things out that are probably simple for others. also, i think i'm used to oliver+s' patterns, which have illustrations for every step. i tend to be a visual learner, so this works much better for me.

i chose to make the size 0-3 months. since 'lil' sis' is due in feb, i figured i'd use a soft and warm flannel from anna maria horner's folksy flannel line. the pink fabric is from joann's and i like the way they worked together.

it think if i were to make this shirt again it wouldn't be so difficult. once i got going i started figuring things out pretty quickly. you may notice that the sleeves aren't hemmed. this is because zoe wanted to go for a bike ride. well, that was way more important than hemming some sleeves. so i snapped a few pictures and off we went for our evening walk/ride.


hope life is beautiful wherever you are!