Spring Colours!

I love Spring! My children often ask me my favourite animal, colour, hockey player, Bionicle etc... They have never asked about my favourite season. And although my answer for each favourite is usually the same, "I like them all equally" which is true. I love them all for different reasons. Actually, that may not be true for winter. I could do without winter, but the other three seasons I love for different reasons. Spring is definitely for colour. If you have ever looked through my shop you will have seen that I am quite fond of colours! I love them all!

                           

I love seeing the first flowers bloom.

I love dying eggs for easter in fun bright colours.

                          

I love going to the thrift shop and finding colourful tees for sewing with!

Layered twirl skirt

I also of course love sewing colourful clothing with the colourful tees I find.

Stripy Black and White Ruffle dress

Green Floral Ruffle dress

Tie Dyed Ruffle dress

These ruffle dresses are a new design that I have created for my shop, and I think they are lovely. They are made from thrifted tees, so are soft and super comfy. They are great for moving and playing in, as well as dressing up.

I'm not sure why spring always inspires ruffles, dresses and skirts for me, but I just can't get enough!

I do have plans for some great "boy" clothing as well, but for now the ruffles are calling me:)

And as soon as I finished writing this post I decided to browse through Pinterest and found this little gem. I thought it fit perfectly with my own feelings around winter :)

                          

Source: memegenerator.net via Jamie on Pinterest

KCWC Day 3

Remember these, from my inspiration board?

Source: oiidesign.se via Jamie on Pinterest

Well I really wanted to try and duplicate them as best I could, because they are so awesome! Who doesn't love leggings on littles? I especially love them on my littlest, with his skinny little, tiny baby legs. I know he isn't a baby, but he is to me.

I have a ton of red heavy knit, perfect for warm cozy leggings. My aunt passed it on to me when she moved to the mainland. It's funny because I'm used to working with tiny amounts of fabric when I'm upcycling, and sometimes struggle with using particularly cool pieces. Deciding how to use them when I can only make one item. For some reason that's how I've been feeling with the red knit. There is so much of it, I can't decide. Plus I love everything to be one of a kind. Anyways, I'm weird that way.

The outfit. Upcycled raglan Tee. Pattern from Sewing for Boys. Leggings altered from Sew Liberated pattern.

A bit of detailing. It was difficult to capture on my fast moving 4 year old.

I apologize for the messy bedroom photos, but he would not let me take them anywhere else! Jude has been asking for a pair of red pants. I'm not sure if you are familiar with Bionicles, but Jude loves Bionicles, and his favourite is Ferno. Ferno is red. The photo right next to Jude's head is a photo where Rob photoshopped Jude's face onto Ferno's body. Jude was pretty excited to have new red pants. Also, he was building a Bionicle, and this is his after building dance/excitement!

I didn't get the zippers on, I just didn't have enough time to remove zippers from old jeans and then put them on the leggings, but I do have plans to add them in the future, hopefully the near future, but I can't make any promises.

So there we have it, Day 3 complete. Now Jas wants some red pants of his own, and refuses to get dressed until I make him an outfit. Oh dear! What have I started?!

KCWC Day 2

Day 2.

I managed to get Jude into his new outfit, AND have pics taken, with no resistance. Thank goodness for big brothers.

So, I have just finished reading Night Circus, which may be influencing colour choices for these outfits. If you haven't read or heard of Night Circus, you should check it out. It's a good one. I loved it because it is everything I dreamed of in a circus and more. At first I was skeptical because of the love story, but it is really well done, and never cheesy. Just to give you some insight on how it has influenced me, there is a lot of black and white, with a splash of red. 

Update: Here is The Night Circus

Source: amazon.ca via Jamie on Pinterest

As you can see Jasper and Jude's pants have been made from the same pair of pants. Two pairs of pants, two different styles. I made Jude's pants long, so he can grow into them, with knit front pockets and a fitted ribbed waist. 

The cardigan is upcycled from a thrifted sweater. I have been wanting to make a cardigan for a while, and I am so happy with the finished product, but what I love most is how easy it was!

My two little goof balls. I love them,

Tomorrow I may add some colour.

KCWC Day 1

Here it is! Day 1 of KCWC. I made this outfit last night, but was in a rush this morning to take the photos, and barely had time to load them on the computer before rushing out the door for Thanksgiving brunch with Rob's parent's. So I apologize for the poor picture quality. Rob did edit one for me tonight. Bet you can't guess which one. Actually I'm pretty sure you can. It's pretty easy to spot.

So what have I made? A cowl neck sweater with puffy pants (for lack of a better name at this hour of the night). Both have been upcycled. I had the best of intentions to take before and after photos this time, but of course once I stepped into the sewing room, all memories of photo taking left my mind and I went straight to work. 

I made the cowl neck pattern myself!! Yay! It took couple of tries to get the cowl right, but I'm pretty happy with it:)

The pants I had to guess the right length, because Jas had already gone to bed, and I of course forgot to measure him. The puffy part is supposed to be just below his knee with the fitted part being longer. I kept the existing fly, waist band and back pockets. 

                         

Voila! We shall see if Jude will put on the outfit I have made for him for tomorrow, and if he does, will he let me take pictures? 

We shall see.

Good night. I will be dreaming of patterns and sewing for the remainder of the week:)

Rainbow Inspiration

I have been seeing rainbows everywhere lately, and so have been inspired to create using a rainbow of colors.

Here are some of the rainbows that have inspired me:

Jasper pointed out this rainbow to us while we were leaving the beach last week. We couldn't figure out where it was coming from. 

Home made rainbow.

and this is a photo in Alive magazine that inspired me to make this....

Rainbow twirl skirt, made from t-shirts.

I have a few more rainbow inspired clothing in my mind, that I hope to make in the near future.