Flowers & Stripes for Chloe
This was a sweet little summer wardrobe addition for my dear friend Kaye's little girl, Chloe, two summers ago! I found it in my "Chloe" file when I was uploading photos from our photo shoot today and realized two things: I had never blogged about it before and it has stripes in both pieces! Perfect for this week's challenge for Project Run & Play!
Blouse pattern: Oliver + S Ice Cream Dress & Top
Shorts Pattern: an old Simplicity pattern (I can't remember!), adapted.
Fabrics: Left over eyelet and plisse' from JoAnn Crafts
(both in stash forever!)
Cluny lace
Notice the flower stripes in the eyelet fabric! They echo the vertical stripes in the plisse'.
I made the little ties just by drawing an elongated oval with petal points and cutting two per tie, sewing around the perimeter, trimming, turning, and slip stitching the opening. Next, I made a buttonhole for each tie on the sides of the shorts. Finally, I knotted the ties in a square knot through the buttonhole and around the hem of the shorts.
I am linking this to the Project Run & Play Stripes Sew-Along challenge HERE. I hope you will check out the other striped goodies on
Project Run & Play HERE, too!
Now to edit all the photos taken of Chloe today and get it blogged and linked in time for tomorrow's deadline.
It sure is a good thing that I am on the long summer break from school!
You're certainly turning out a lot of very charming little outfits!
ReplyDeleteThose ties are adorable!
ReplyDeleteI chose this pattern when I won my season. Still haven't made it, but this is reminding me how cute it is.
ReplyDeleteI've done integrated knots near hems before, but I like the simplicity of a separate knot piece and a buttonhole- and it turned out darling here!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the kind comments!
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