Make It Perfect

 

It seems that most of the patterns I design come because of some little obsession or need for a certain article of clothing…Sprout was designed because Lil needed a warm dress…Sweet Dreams, because I wanted a decent pair of jammies…Afterglow was designed after Lil suddenly became obsessed with dresses and demanded to wear her play dresses ALL the time.  She doesn’t really wear pyjamas at the moment, just picks a dress from her cupboard (or the ironing basket!) and wears it to bed and we have one happy little girl!

So what better thing to do than make a nightdress which looks good enough to be worn as a play dress too?  She can wear it day and night as she pleases!

I love this pattern because it is so fast to sew up, definitely can be achieved in one night, yet the finished dress doesn’t lack sophistication and attention to detail.

Once again, Fiona has outdone herself with these adorable photos – thank Fiona!

Click here to see more Afterglow pictures and check out the fabric requirements.  If you have a store and want to stock this or any other Make It Perfect patterns, contact Creative Abundance to place an order.

If you would like to purchase a copy of Afterglow for yourself, they should be popping up in retail stores very soon. Ask your favourite store to get one in for you!

To win a copy of Afterglow, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post 🙂

(Giveaway will close Saturday 27th November and winner will be drawn via a random number generator.)

See you tomorrow with my favourite pattern out of the three!!!!

About a month ago, I was contacted by Angela from Sew Bright Alpine Quilting asking me if I would consider creating a pattern using some of the new stretch (knit) fabrics that are around.  After hearing feedback from a few of my customers, saying that they would love to see more stretch sewing patterns, of course I couldn’t say no!

After a bit of discussion with a few friends, I decided upon this skort pattern for little girls.  I don’t know about other Mum’s out there, but I am totally sick of seeing Lil’s undies every time she wears a dress or skirt – which is just about every day!  A skort is the perfect way to solve this problem, she can wriggle around and lift up her skirt as much as she likes without giving the whole world a view of her underwear!  She thinks it is the funniest thing and calls it her “magic skirt” 🙂

And just incase you don’t want to make a bubble-skirt, there are options to make a skort with a VERY simple single-layer skirt.  Or you can forget about the skort altogether and the make skirts on their own or a pair of little shorts that look super cute with a longer t-shirt.

For a lovely selection of stretch fabrics, contact Angela at Sew Bright – they are great to work with!

A big thankyou to the brilliant Fiona Harding for these super cute photos of Lil – I just love them!!
Click here to see more Playtime Skort pictures and check out the fabric requirements.  If you have a store and want to stock this or any other Make It Perfect patterns, contact Creative Abundance to place an order.

If you would like to purchase a copy of Playtime Skort for yourself, they should be popping up in retail stores very soon. Ask your favourite store to get one in for you!

With all of my new pattern releases over the weekend, I’ll be giving away a free copy to one lucky winner.  If you would like to win a copy of Playtime Skort, leave a comment on this post 🙂
(Giveaway will close Friday 26th November and winner will be drawn via a random number generator.)

It is hard to believe that my VERY first pattern almost 3 years ago…The Versatile Wrap is still amongst the top sellers in my range!  I still love my wrap skirts (and I have many) but am in need of a few more to add to the wardrobe because I think one of my sisters may have stolen 3 or 4 from my stash!

• The fabrics need to be from a fairly current range
• I’m looking for modern, but classic…not too “cute” and no novelty prints
• Something that will appeal to a wide range of ages