Sewing Plans
The sewing bug bit me last week and now I'm dying to get a few projects started! I have plans/tentative starts on a few things and I wanted to catalog them to set some goals for myself:
1. Sew a pair of summer shorts for my toddler. I've downloaded and printed this pattern. It looks super easy so if these fit well I might try to make a few. I'm most interested in finishing this because I think it will be pretty easy and quick AND I truly do need shorts for my daughter. So it's this or buy some. I bought slightly less than a yard of vintage Mickey Mouse fabric that I was thinking of using, but the print is very big and widely spaced so I'm a little worried it's going to be like... half of Mickey's face on each buttcheek. XD I'll lay the pattern out on the fabric and see how it looks.
2. Sew a party dress for my toddler's birthday party (which is in a little over a month). I got the cutest vintage panel from Jelly Bean Junction that has a bodice design printed and laid out on the fabric so I just need to measure her and determine her size, cut the fabric, make a corresponding skirt, and do the sewing/construction. I bought the panel at a local fabric store, but you can see (or buy) it here if you're interested.
3. Sew a Petal Wrap Dress.
4. Make a matching Lorien Lace Up Skirt for myself. (I bought a set of king-size bed sheets that would be great for a matching set.)
5. Sew this Halter Top, probably in white linen. I bought this pattern years ago and never got around to starting it.
6. Sew some heating pads out of a few vintage pillowcases I bought. I want to try sewing some channels in them and make a kind of "seat cushion/lap cover" style of heating pad. I like to put flax seeds in mine. I read a lot about the different options for filling at some point and flax seemed like the best.
And that's it so far. At some point though I need to start thinking about a quilt for my toddler. She's still in a sleep sack so she doesn't need blankets, but time is ticking! I've made quilts for two other babies so I don't want my own kid to be the one who doesn't get one!
1. Sew a pair of summer shorts for my toddler. I've downloaded and printed this pattern. It looks super easy so if these fit well I might try to make a few. I'm most interested in finishing this because I think it will be pretty easy and quick AND I truly do need shorts for my daughter. So it's this or buy some. I bought slightly less than a yard of vintage Mickey Mouse fabric that I was thinking of using, but the print is very big and widely spaced so I'm a little worried it's going to be like... half of Mickey's face on each buttcheek. XD I'll lay the pattern out on the fabric and see how it looks.
2. Sew a party dress for my toddler's birthday party (which is in a little over a month). I got the cutest vintage panel from Jelly Bean Junction that has a bodice design printed and laid out on the fabric so I just need to measure her and determine her size, cut the fabric, make a corresponding skirt, and do the sewing/construction. I bought the panel at a local fabric store, but you can see (or buy) it here if you're interested.
3. Sew a Petal Wrap Dress.
4. Make a matching Lorien Lace Up Skirt for myself. (I bought a set of king-size bed sheets that would be great for a matching set.)
5. Sew this Halter Top, probably in white linen. I bought this pattern years ago and never got around to starting it.
6. Sew some heating pads out of a few vintage pillowcases I bought. I want to try sewing some channels in them and make a kind of "seat cushion/lap cover" style of heating pad. I like to put flax seeds in mine. I read a lot about the different options for filling at some point and flax seemed like the best.
And that's it so far. At some point though I need to start thinking about a quilt for my toddler. She's still in a sleep sack so she doesn't need blankets, but time is ticking! I've made quilts for two other babies so I don't want my own kid to be the one who doesn't get one!