Thursday, July 5, 2012

A Whale of a Tale

While there has been a good bit of this...

Happy Fourth of July, by the way!!


There's also been a bit of this...


A little romper for a friend having a baby boy tomorrow. 


And she has little girls too!


Matching bloomer shorts were definitely in order. 


Dress them matching while you can folks, because one day they won't think it's so cool. 


The whale print cotton is part of Robert Kauffman's Urban Zoologie line, love it! The stretch seersucker is from Hancock's. For the bloomers, I adapted a basic girls shorts pattern, cutting them straight down at the crotch and sides instead of tapering, gathering up the extra width, then creating cuffs out of the contrasting fabric. Big, lime green buttons accent the side of each leg. For the romper, I used Simplicity 3808 (one of my faves!) but I cut out the top front pieces using the lining as a guide because I did not want pleats. I also wanted to avoid a center seam for my embroidered panel. I kept the center seam on the lower half so that the crotch would fit correctly. Fun and summery! I hope they enjoy!


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