Kids Stuff

Recently I made for my daughter the long awaited princess dress.  It was my first ever piece of sewed clothing I made from scratch and it is far from being prefect, but I am happy with it and so is the little Lady.
Meine Tochter wünschte sich ein Prinzessinnenkleid und kürzlich erfüllte ich ihr diesen Wunsch.  Mein erstes genähtes Teil, das ich selbst entwarf und, trotz vieler noch nicht perfekten Dinge, doch recht zufrieden damit bin und so ist auch die kleine Dame.

 

I took a well fitting dress and made a pattern.

Ich nahm die Masse eines gutsitzenden Kleides and entwarf einen Schnitt.

I used organza and for the lining plain cotton.

Ich nahm Organza als Oberstoff und einen Baumwollstoff als Futter.

For the neck and armholes I used some satin fabric.

Hals- und Armauschnitte fasste ich mit Satinschrägband ein.

The length and width of the skirt I gestimated, sewed the two layers together and gathered it around the waist.

Die Länge und Weite des Rockes schätzte ich, nähte beide Stoffe zusammen und kräuselte den Stoff in der Taille.

To hide the seam around the waist I made a belt out of a contrast colour, again organza and cotton for the lining.

Dann nähte ich einen breiten Gürtel in Taillenhöhe an, der gleichzeitig die Nähte versteckt.

At the back top I inserted a zipper and one can fasten the belt at the back.  Of course one can leave the ends of the belt much longer....

Hinten im Oberteilnähte ich einen Reissverschluss ein.  Ausserdem kann man den Gürtel hinten zusammenbinden.

Finally I glued some coloured jewellery stones on to the belt.

Zu guter Letzt klebte ich bunte Schmucksteine auf den Gürtel.

As I had no idea how to start I found this video a very good help

 

Dieses Video hat mir sehr geholfen, da ich keine Ahnung hatte wie zu beginnen.

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The last weeks we had soo much rain here and very little change to actually leave the house, apart from taking the kids to school.....  Lots of floading here in the South of France, but hey, we do not dispair!
I used that time to make some prezzies for my family, who we are going to visit during the winter holidays.

the pattern and instructions for those two luvvies I took from here

The boys will get loops and hats with pirate themed fabric, combined with fleece.

and the new baby, who is still in the oven!, will get a little crinkle crackle blanket with matching nappy bag.

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Soon we are going to have a new little member in our family and I started to get presents ready.  This is currently my favourite when it comes to little baby girls hats.

Made from soft Merino wool (Lang) it will keep little heads warm and snug.

After seeing my fingerless gloves my little daughter decided she needed a pair too.  Of course in our favourite colour combo red and pink.
The gloves are easily and quickly made and are now her favourites!