I’ve spent many hours over the last week making a couple of pinafores for my two neices. Firstly I made the pattern out of some really cheap green poly cotton and then made the two dresses.
All the seams of the dresses have an overlocked stitched edge to prevent fraying. Oddly the straps took me the longest time, especially since I had to unpick 7 of the 8 cause I sewed the wrong sides together (late nights aren’t the best for thinking)
The pattern has pants to go with the dresses. Unfortunately I only had time to finish one of the pants.
To add to the dresses, last night I also made a few hankerchiefs for my father in law. They are great practice for sewing tight clean and straight seams.
Overall I’m pretty proud of my effort. While if you look closely there are some stitching mistakes, the dresses and pants hang correctly and evenly. I’m learning pretty quickly and having a lot of fun along the way.
I’m also developing a new habit of picking up outfits andrew and I have and analysing how they are constructed.
way nifty. I’ll have to share with you when I get around to doing some sewing again.
Sounds good 😀