My First Dress in 2008

Hello my dear friends, Today I would love to tell you about my ever first dress but first I would love to tell you which one is me.  The one with the navy blue dress, the one in black is my twin, which I love with my whole Heart.

I am that girl that loves languages so I have taught myself English, Italian and Slowly getting Portuguese; I honestly spend so much time from one doctor appointment to another one that I have not had enough time to sit down to study because the leisure time I have spend it with my sewing machine and my son.  About sewing I am self taught as well, it  all stared 9 years ago in Colombia when the mother in law of my sister gave me a book to sew and in exchange I gave her the book  in which I learned Italian.

That strapless navy dress was self drafted, it had no boning and it still had an amazing fit.  My mom usually   remind me of how beautiful it was and she pushes me more and more to make cute garments. Today I feel like I have learned so much more, patience is the key of my work.

The little girl in the middle with big heels is my little sister, 5 years younger than my twin and I.

I enjoy self drafting my garments and that picture right there remark the begging of my experience. 

I really wanted to tell you about it, so in case you think you can not sew or make a garment, Just remember we all start at some point and the experience grows with the practice.

So often I need to look at my projects because not having a designer college certificate can make me feel insecure, but then I look at my projects and compare them with the projects of someone who went to college  to be a designer and Then I realize I have nothing to feel insecure about.

God Bless you!

Little pijama pants!

Today my creation was pants for my little guy!

Pants are a practical and always needed garment for little boys, whether they go to play, to bed, to the beach or to a party.

With a nice simple pant pattern you can make pajamas, jeans, short, trouser or whatever you have in mind!

Note:

Boys and girls share the same pants pattern from size 3 months until size 5T, because girls don't have major changes in their body yet. So if you are looking for patterns to buy, keep that in mind.

Tips for good fitting pants:

1.It is important to true your pants to make sure you are going to match everything in place, not having one side short and the other long.

- put front crotch and back crotch together, making sure the lay straight flat like in the picture ---- trying to avoing looking like a mountain when you gather them.

2. you want to put the hip sides together and make sure the knee lines match in distance and the hem line as well, go ahead and make notches so you can find them when sewing making your life easier.

3. measure the crotcch length to make sure it is not going to be to short on the little person. also measure the hip lines multiply it x4  and compare to the measurement on the little person to make sure it is not going to be tight or too big, so you can make adjustments to your pattern.  Do the same with the waist line.


4. If making adjustments to the hip lines and waist to make the pants either bigger or fitter, add or reduce in the side area and avoid the center back and center front.


Here is a Happy boy with new pants!