Sunday, January 15, 2012

zip zip

Should I just start every post here with "OMG, so busy!!"? ;) The year has been flying by far too fast for us so far.

It was sadly time to put away the Christmas tree - see you next year, Santa Clauses.

Santas

I did manage to find time to make up a little outfit for Kate - an Ottobre Tshirt and a little white baby cord skirt. Since she loved the slip from her 1950s dress so much, I layered this one with some floral quilting cotton to make a "slip" that could show. The skirt has a little waistband that has elastic running through it.
skirt detail
The t-shirt fabric was bought off Spoonflower a while ago (here). I wanted to try out their organic cotton knit, and I was pleasantly surprised that it's a nice knit! Has some horizontal stretch, and it's just a smidge thick but very soft. Good stuff for kids clothes.
raglan T
Here it is on Kate.
Kate Skirt
One last shot - I snuck in a quick visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art the other day. I finally have a membership so I can slip in for a short visit and not feel guilty about not getting my money's worth from the visit! ;) Here's a quick view of one of the schmancy french rooms they have. Those are always interesting to walk through & imagine living in such fancy surroundings.
Chair
Happy sewing!

3 comments:

gMarie said...

I love the Santas piled up waiting to be nicely packed away. And Kate's new outfit - too cute! Love the fancy french room. Happy New Year! g

Faye Lewis said...

Kate is so cute in her new outfit.

bowsprite said...

beautiful photos!! what a eye you have—the last two: beautiful niece by windows and the chair in the elegant room by the windows go so well juxtaposed like that. The edge of the tablecloth, the edge of the drapes, the pale gold yellow, the soft blue, the new fabric and the old…