Cause I just need that much more crazy in my life, right? Judah is fast approaching his baptism. And though I've made a gown before (for Cora) 1. It is very feminine and 2. he is a chunk and won't fit in it. Cora can still wear it (unbuttoned but at 2.5 yrs old!), but my 6 month old baby boy won't fit in it. So he gets a new one. And I'm up sewing in dim dining room light until midnight. I bought a Simplicity pattern and I never remember that I don't like Simplicity! I like the look of the outfit on the outside, but the inside is all unsightly, unfinished edges and raw seams. So I add another layer of bodice so I can tuck the skirt in with a little hand stitching (insanity. I know) and I do french seams on the skirt, so it's nice and tidy. French seams, for those of you who don't know are when you sew the pieces together (wrong sides facing each other) with the seams on the outside, then you turn it wrong side out (right sides facing each other) and sew the seams again, to tuck them in. It hides all the raw edges and keeps delicate material from unraveling. Useful!
This gown has a lot of pin tucking in it and I am not great at it. There have been some grumbles and ripping out of seams to get them straight, even with ironing! Long lines of pin tucks. Arg! But I know I will love the end result, so I'll shut up and sew. Now I know why mothers made one unisex gown for the first baby and every other baby wore the same one. Because finding time to sew with a 6 month old and a 2 year old who wants nothing more than to "help" me (i.e. play with the pins, crinkle pattern pieces, try pattern pieces on baby brother, and run around with fabric scraps on her head and around her neck because the are "So pretty!"), it's hard to get much done until "dark time" (as it is called around here). "Sun time" is for mama to mind the kiddos!
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Beautiful and impressive!!!!
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