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Wednesday, 29 July 2009

I'm in love with Ottobre

I've recently discovered the joys of sewing with Ottobre patterns, thanks to a Brown Owl crafty pal who brought along her copies for us to enjoy. I was swayed by the pretty pictures and groovy patterns for children's clothing... so I bought my first copy - Autumn 2009.

As my little poppet is rapidly becoming one very fast growing bean pole, I chose to make these pants a little larger so they might fit her for longer than a month. They are the Tulip Corduroy Pants - quite quick to sew but with such lovely little details. The pin tucks on the back pockets, the adjustable waistband inside, the slightly gathered faced front pockets. I've used vintage floral pillowcase material for the inside pocket flaps and inside waistband... but alas the kidlet got too wriggly for photos of that. To just get these photos I had to bribe with a choc chip cookie!

Not the easiest of patterns as the instructions are a little on the brief side. I wouldn't recommend these patterns for beginner sewers but if you know your way around a sewing machine and have made other dressmaking patterns before, you'll be right.

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