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Love Notions Kids Compose Robe Sewing Pattern Review x2
I recently sewed another of the Love Notions Kids Compose Robe sewing pattern and what a fun sewing project it was! My son had outgrown his housecoat six months ago.... Read More
Sewing for Children | Ottobre Design Kids 3/2015 Daisy Dresses
I made some summer dresses for my twins. Making them summer dresses seems to have become quite a bit of a tradition. My twin girls had the luck of being... Read More
Kitschy Coo Girls’ Skater Dress Sewing Pattern Review
This is an updated Kitschy Coo Girls’ Dress sewing pattern review. The full review is after the pictures of the many variations I have sewn of this rather easy kids... Read More
Sewing for Children |Ottobre Design Kids Dresses
My twin girls had the luck of being born just before I started sewing and as such, they have always grown up with handmade clothes. Since toddlerhood, they have accompanied... Read More
Ottobre Design Kids 1/2020 #25| Boys Knit Pants
My son requested that I sew him a pair of knit trousers that he could use for bedtime. After their abrupt ending of school in March, he was nervous and... Read More
Extreme Sewing – 6 x Ottobre Design Kids Projects in 1 Weekend!
Last week I had an episode of hubris in which I giddily promised to sew some outfits using Ottobre Design Kids sewing magazine in time for our upcoming family camping... Read More
Kids Sewing Advice – What I wish I knew.
Sewing for kids. How do you do it? Well it isn’t magic. Parents who sew clothes that their kids love and wear all have one thing in common. In short... Read More
Sew Sweet Handmade Clothes for Girls Book Review
I did some selfish sewing for my twins in January. I fell for the whimsical looking pictures in this Japanese Sewing book: Sew Sweet Handmade Clothes by Yuki Araki during a... Read More
Top 5 Kids Sewing Books
I have been looking for kids sewing books for patterns that would be useful. Here is my list of the best sewing books for kids. With 5 kids to sew... Read More
Burda 6/2019 #129 Review – Best Burda Kids Pattern
This post is my Burda 6/2019 #129 review. I whipped up these dresses for my 6-year-old daughters. This girls shift dress pattern is a simple style perfect for active young... Read More
Kids Sewing – Silver Lame Pillowcase
It did not take toooo long. The shop that we bought was pretty new so not much people went there. The cutting was not super hard, It was just that... Read More
Kids Sewing – Ottobre Kids Design Magazine
Rocking bunnies! I loved this sweatshirt jersey the moment I laid eyes on it in B&M Fabrics, Leeds Market. Obviously, it was going to be an Ottobre design make. If... Read More
Kids Sewing – An Obvious piece of advice…also The Louisa Coat by Compagnie M Pattern Review
One thing I have noticed about sewing for my kids is that unlike sewing my own projects – there is no time to “marinate” the project once it has been... Read More
Burda 11/2017 #130A Sewing for kids #burdachallenge2018
As it happens, the twins were going to a wedding in June with their dad in the USA. Since it was term time and we didn’t want the school going... Read More
Burda 4/2018 #128 Sewing Pattern Review | Burda Kids Sewing
There’s something about bright highly contrasting colours that I find attractive. During the last SEWDOWNDEWSBURY I bought 1 meter of such psychedelic swirling colours at Fabworks. Its not the... Read More
Kids Sewing – Ottobre Kids Design Magazine and Skater Dress
I have been on a roll of making clothes for my kids lately. These were made earlier in the year and were well received by the wearers. Kitchy Coo Skater Dress... Read More
Kids Sewing – La Maison Victor Lulu Pants
I literally finished these yesterday and the twins were wearing them this morning. This is one of those projects that I got so excited about when I snipped the last... Read More
Burda 11/2017 #131 Sewing Pattern Review – BurdaStyle Kids
A random #burdachallenge2018 post on IG made me aware of this BurdaStyle kids sweater pattern. Surprisingly I haven’t paid too much attention to kids sewing patterns in BurdaStyle Magazine. I decided... Read More
Kids Sewing – Ottobre Kids Design Magazine and New Look
Over the past year I have been doing a lot of sewing for my kids. They love choosing fabrics whenever they come fabric shopping with me. Unfortunately I don’t always... Read More
4th Birthday Dresses: Ottobre Summer 3/2016 #19
When my twins turned 3 years old in 2016 I left it until the very last minute to make them birthday outfits which turned out ok, but I knew they should... Read More