I am having
such fun revisiting these gorgeous patterns.
A rather lovely feature of this pattern is how economical it it. The little pieces cut nicely from scraps and smaller remnants. I am particularly fond of the blouse made in Liberty.
Tilly chose the fabrics and trims for this wee set,
She knows Elsa's vibe better than me.The blouse is a striped cotton shirting scrap from my stash. It was a lovely crisp cotton that was easy to sew. The skirt, a tiny, tiny scrap left from shorts I made for Tilly (which originally was a remnant)
Such a pretty mix of colours.
Tilly chose a vintage rickrack from my stash and suggested I stitch the pin tucks in the same colour.
The buttons are a pretty pink and I stitched them with yellow thread.
The shirt can be stitched with pin tucks or you can gather the fullness which looks cute too (especially in a very light weight fabric gauze, voile etc) but the pin tucks are a favourite of mine and worth the extra fiddle.
The skirt bottom panels can be pleated or gathered. I went with gathers as the corduroy was not wanting to hold the pleats.
In the past I have top stitched both edges of the pleats to hold them in place.I wasn't sure where to use the narrow, velvet ribbon at first. Then I decided to tie the bow and then stitch it in place
before sewing the pocket. It worked well and looks sweet.
Izzie is gorgeous.
It's the little details that really make Oliver+S patterns.
I had forgotten how slim this skirt is. Izzie has a disposable nappy on and we just got the skirt over it. It will not go over her MCM (modern cloth nappies) I later remembered that I use to add a side zipper to Trixie's and will do that, next time.
I love all the little details that Tilly came up with, the yellow topstitching and rickrack are the perfect touch.
Look how perfectly that wee collar sits!
Oh Izzie, you may have ALL the ponies!
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| Tildy and Izzie |
As always, Oliver+S are a joy to sew.
Everything just fits!
I am working through my scrap bins that live under my cutting table, making up wee outfits. I said to Jerry, it is a bit like making model ships.
