The title says it all! I've done quite a bit for the girl here lately, so here it is all in one post. First up is the dress.
Jane had picture day at school a month or so ago. I decided to make her a dress for the occasion. I'm so glad I sew. The pattern is Burda envelope pattern 9362. I've made a few Burda kids patterns now and I'm always pleased with the fit. It seems pretty accurate. I made a size 4, which is what Jane wears in rtw. The shoulder fit and overall width is just right. I made the dress, sans ruffle, but with the flutter sleeves. I love those little flutter sleeves.
I used a swiss dot printed with flamingos (flamingoes?) that I found at Joann's. I had the pink seersucker in the stash from years ago. This dress is pretty simple but I went a little fancy with the finishing. I lined the whole thing with white rayon challis I had. The swiss dot definitely needed a lining. I wanted to do a two layer skirt with the pink seersucker but was worried it would be too stiff for the gathering at the waist- hence the two piece skirt lining below.
It's a very cute little pattern. I plan on making the top version soon with some leftover rayon. Jane seems pleased with it, too, though she refused to take any serious photos. These are some of her modeling poses below. She'll get lots of use out of this dress over the summer.
Next up is a set of curtains I sewed for Jane's room. She has officially switched over to a big girl room :( I tried to keep her in that toddler bed as long as I could. But she's in her big girl bed and loving it. I made her curtains and some bedding before she was born (see here and here). The curtain fabric faded like crazy in the sun (we originally didn't have blinds up) so I figured it was time for some new ones. Also, see birthday party eggstravaganza below-- we went a little nuts doing some home improvement stuff because we knew we'd have lots of guest over for her birthday party. I waffled over different color schemes for her room but ultimately we went with rainbow. I mean, who doesn't love rainbows? Jane loves her rainbow curtains and now I don't have to worry about anything matching, so it's a win-win. I found this fabric on fabric.com and it's just perfect. Hopefully it doesn't fade too bad.
The curtains are just a simple tab top. We actually are planning on raising that curtain rod a couple of inches but haven't gotten around to it yet. I didn't order quite enough fabric for the length we needed so I used a leftover piece of fabric from her baby bedding as a hem facing, which is my favorite part. I know curtains are a boring sewing project but I like seeing other peoples home decor sewing, so there you go.
I couldn't figure out a good time of day to take a photo so it's little dark. But for posterity, above is Jane's room somewhat clean right before her birthday party. Hasn't looked like this since!
Jane's fourth birthday party was great fun. She is obsessed with these crazy surprise egg videos on YouTube. I'm not sure what the pull is, but she would watch them over and over again if I let her. So we decided to have an EGGstravangza birthday party, complete with egg crafts, egg themed food and an egg hunt of course. It also happened to be the weekend before Easter.
Somebody should have restricted me from Pinterest beforehand. Pinterest gets full credit for the peep centerpiece and bunny cups. So much work! It's funny how a 'little get-together' can turn in to something so crazy. I'm glad I snapped a pic of the spread before it was eaten up. Jane helped with a lot of the prep. She did some of the faces on the bunny cups (my favorite!) and helped set up the craft table and made examples. It was fun having a helper. We made an egg scratch board and little bunnies using plastic eggs and pipe cleaners.
I promise there were other kids there but didn't want to post pics without permission, so you just get Jane. We also made those bunny bags for the egg hunt. She had a ball.
This girl. I can't believe she's four! Everyone told me it goes by fast but I had no idea. She is just so much fun, uncooperative camera faces and all.
