KCW: Twirl Skirt and Tee for Clementine
This week is Kids Clothes Week so despite the fact that we moved to a new house a couple days ago, I wanted to post at least a couple of the things I finished up for Clementine last week, this pink Flashback Tee and a twirly skirt with pockets:
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Truth be told, I am unsure of whether I should participate in KCW anymore -- the challenge seems more appropriate for the stay-at-home mama who needs to scrape together an hour each night to sew by the light of Netflix to get some cool stuff made for her kids than me, who feels like a total poser with my fancy pants sewing studio and my work hours during which I could conceivably sew sew sew all the fun cute things for my kids all the live-long-day if I wanted to (though in reality that is not how it goes down). I even have Tashina and Karen assisting me at the studio so it's hard to even keep track of who sewed WHAT around here anymore.
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For instance, I think Tashina probably sewed a few shoulder/side seams on this tee, and I'm pretty sure she did the skirt gathering stitches and put the elastic in the waistband too. So does it count? I'm probably just being totally angst-y and stupid about it, I just feel like I should be up front about the fact that when you see something from me in the KCW pool, there's a chance I didn't completely construct it myself. Anyway, despite being unsure of whether or not it's "cheating" for me to sew along (oh! did I mention that Made by Rae sponsors KCW? Sooo there's that too), I still try to plan out a few things to make for my kids every time KCW rolls around.
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Let’s talk about the outfit, shall we? The Flashback Tee was made with Robert Kaufman Laguna jersey (a quick search of my sponsors shows Pink Castle carries it as of this writing and Fabric Stash has some nice knit solids that might be similar) which is a fantastic jersey that’s quite affordable and has a nice recovery (which means it springs back to its original shape nicely after you stretch it). The skirt was made using my “Made-To-Measure Skirt” method, which is from class I teach here in Ann Arbor (sorry no pattern/tute yet), and was made with Liberty Lifestyle fabric, which is Liberty’s “quilting cotton.” I love this print.
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Clementine loves twirling in her new skirt!
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By some awesome coincidence, the skirt also happens to match a pair of tights I bought from Boden last year, so this outfit totally goes together in a way most of her hand-picked outfits never do. Chances of her wearing all three together ever again after these photos were taken? Probably zero. But at least she has two new pieces that I know she will wear, even if she never wears them all together again.
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