My new addiction...
girls clothing from Japanese craft books. They are some of the sweetest simplest things I've ever seen. 
I've never (successfully) sewn something from a pattern because I hate to follow directions. I've also never (successfully) sewn clothing. Both of these things take too long for my taste and there are too many steps that I can mess up.
Yesterday I tried both and am very happy with the results even though the dress is a tad too big for Livy. I added seam allowances to the pattern and I'm really starting to wonder if they are already built in. I got the pattern from this book which came in the mail from Superbuzzy on Saturday.
It took me 4 hours from start to finish which included a little cuddle time with the kids. This pleases me tremendously because it means I must have improved my sewing skills quite a bit. since that time I tried to make a diaper cover.
One of the best parts is being able to use the vintage fabric I've been collecting. I have a ton of the fabric I used to make this dress because I thought I might mess up, but I'm thinking of making the same pattern from feedsacks next.
I really don't think I'd ever buy Livy clothing from a store again if I could sew fast enough.
3 comments:
I have used this book a lot, and all of the patterns have turned out well. Your dress is precious! I have used that pattern to make two dresses in the past couple of weeks. Those pictures are in my Flickr album, and I wrote about using Japanese patterns here: http://movinghands.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/notes-on-japanese-pattern-books/. You are off to a great start...addiction is right!
the dress looks amazing! way to go.
the seam allowances are not included, but I think the book is sized for a big larger than Livy.
Love that sweet dress! I think you convinced me I need that book! And I totally agree about not buying clothed if you had time to sew them all, how cool would that be!
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