Mother-daughter outfits - you know you love'em

I'm officially not a fan of mother-daughter outfits, but I make them all the time anyway - my excuse is to get good use of all the fabric - but secretly, I think it's cute too. Surely I'll never admit this to your face.

This is a frankenpattern - a pattern made from hacking several patterns together and then add a little selfdrafted feature as well. And the fabric - oh the fabric - this is a Robert Kaufman chambray with tiny dots. This is the best chambray (and the most pricy) I've come across. It's lightweigt, so soft and has a very tight weave. Pure luxury and still quite practical with small sticky fingers nearby.

I bought the Mortmain Dress by Gather and was hoping for a go to classic dress and it sure is - it just doesn't fit me. I made a muslin of the bodice and sleeves and couldn't fit my arms into the sleeves - wtf? The back of the dress featured a fabric hunch back and this was just not any good.

What to do? I used the sleeves from Pattern Runways Coffee date dress and redrafted the armscye. I pinched all the weird extra fabric out of the bodice. Then I looked at the skirt part and decided I actually liked the skirt from the Coffee date dress better... To recap - the only thing I acutally used form the Mortmain Dress was a heavily modified bodice!

To add a Little personal touch, I drafted a tiny peter pan collar. I used a neat tutorial I found online but now I can't find it again. Essentially you use the bodice neckline but you make it 2 cm smaller on the outer shoulderline. This makes the collar stay nice and flat. I think it worked quite well.

My daughter was in a very good mood when we took these Photos - she couldn't stop trying to make us laugh. She is wearing a really cute skirt made from the remnants from my dress. The pattern is the Ayshe Skirt from Figgy's. The skirt was a real pleasure to make. It has small beltloops, buttondown front, pockets and a real practical hidden elastic in the back waistband.

The photoshoot has to end now - she is cracking me up!

I guess it's easier to see the details of the dress here:

I used a scrap of Liberty on the inside waistband - just to make it extra pretty.

Dresspattern: The Mortmain Dress mixed with the Coffee Date Dress by Pattern Rundway and a selfdrafted peter pan collar
Skirtpattern: Ayshe Skirt from Figgy's

Fabric: Robert Kaufmann from M is for Make


How do you feel about mother-daughter outfits? Do you wear it at the same time - cause I know you make them;)


Happy sewing

Mette

Blondebluse - simpel syning

Jeg var ude at kigge på tøj i lørdags i en rigtig tøjbutik med færdigsyet tøj - der var masser af lækre stoffer syet op til lækre klude. Der var virkelig mange skønne ting, som fristede. Jeg blev blandt andet fristet af flere blondebluser fra Rosemunde, men blev alligevel lidt nærig, når en meget simpel bluse kostede omkring 800 kr... Jeg vidste, jeg havde dette blondestof på lager, så jeg gik hjem og syede denne på en time.

I went to a retailstore this weekend where you could buy clothes you didn't have to make first. I found so much inspiration - a lot of lace. I knew I had som egg-white lace in my stash so I couldn't justify to buy anything I could make in a hour myself.

Blusen er virkelig simpel og nem at sy, da der kun er kimonoærmer og derfor kun er skuldersøm og sidesøm at sy. Jeg anvendte overdelsmønstret til Pattern Runways Easy Kimono Dress som mønster og forlængede det blot en smule. Man kunne også sagtens bruge Fernanda-buksedragtsmønstret fra Stof2000 som udgangspunkt. Jeg kan rigtig godt lide, at det er lidt oversize. Jeg bukkede kanterne to gange og lavede en smal søm.

This blouse is a really simple sew, since you don't have to insert sleeves. You only have to do the shoulders- and sideseams. I used part of Pattern Runways Easy Kimono Dress as a pattern - and just added 15 cm length. I really like the oversized look and think it will look good to both jeans and narrow skirts. I did a narrow hem on the neckline, sleeves and hemline.

I nakken klippede jeg en slids og påsatte en lille knap. Det er mest til pynt.

I made a slit in the back neckline and sewed in a small button.

Pattern: Frankenstein Pattern Runway Easy Kimono Dress
Fabric: Stoff og Stil

Happy Sewing

Coffee date dress by pattern runway

Hello there

As promised I´m a lady with a strong urge to sew blue dresses. Let me present exhibit no one:



The pattern used for the dress is the lovely Coffee Date Dress by Pattern Runway. The pattern can be bought on Etsy. The fabric is purchased locally at Stof og Stil.

I can highly recommend Pattern Runway. They make contemporary patterns of clothes that sews up easily.

I couldn't resist to show you this photo also. It's my youngest daughter showing off her new Litte Red Riding Hood Cape. The pattern comes from the book Little Things To Sew by Liesl Gibson. It was an easy sew and I made one for my niece as well.