It`s summer, isn`t that wonderful? How I missed it. Today, my little bean, enjoyed playing with the cold wather in her new suit. It`s made from an old button down, her grandmother didn`t use anymore. Upcycling old clothing, is a nice way for me to recycle fabric. It`s cheap and economical. And you can integrate details from the old piece, into the design of the new one. Like I did with the button facing.
The Pattern is self drafted. The neckline is made from a rectangle, I used the stripes as a guide for my pleating, super easy to do and it looks sweet.
To add some shape, I went for an elastic casing. In my eye`s it gives the suit some vintage feeling. For easy diaper chancing, I attached snaps, as I always do, there isn`t anything more practical.
The big red button, is a vintage one from my stash, a perfect match. I love it, when I`ve got exactly the right thing around. I don`t know, how is it about you, but I really need a creative chaos in my sewing space. I like it, to have all this inspiring stuff around me.
If you live around my line of latitude, enjoy the summer!
Hello Nina
It is always amazing what from the old clothes’ may be new. It looks great and I congratulate heartily for your creativity!
Papi
hello
Thanks for your nice words, i wanna do something like that with your old button downs as well. Have a nice day
The combination of the red stripes and the blue work really well together – and it’s so cute!
Aaaand… I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award 🙂 Check it out: http://moitt.wordpress.com/2014/06/15/the-versatile-blogger-award/
Thanks a lot! It`s so nice that you`ve nominated me, i feel honored!!! I wanna blog about soon. I just need some time for writing the post. You`ll see it shortly…
You’re welcome! Looking forward to seeing your nominees! 🙂
The big red button is the perfect accent! I love it! And my favorite is the last picture! Hahaha!