This weekend I went on a sewing binge. I made myself a simple elastic waist band skirt not unlike the skirt portion ofthis dress. Unfortunately, the dress does not make nursing my babe the easiest of tasks so a skirt is more up my alley these days. I also decided to sew Penelope a few peasant style dresses as I absolutely dig the cute little sleeves and the fact that it literally takes less than an hour to whip up more than a few.
Here’s a look at some of Penelope’s new fall wardrobe:
Okay, so this one is not super ‘Fall’ looking but I just loved those little birds on a wire so much that I had to make this fabric into a dress.
This little number was made with blue ticking fabric. I may add some denim pockets if I get a chance.
And, I love this little owl corduroy dress for the cooler weather. With some tights and little brown boots, I can see it becoming a fast favorite.
And, many of you have been asking about the labels/tags that I use on my clothing as seen in this post here and here.
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| My little ‘Pea and Carrot” side seam tags 🙂 |
I bought my side seam fold over tags from ClothingLabels4U.com. I worked with Lisa on getting the dimensions and the look that I wanted just right. She was a breeze to work with and we had many actual phone conversations too which I loved because there were so many things I just didn’t know how to explain in an email.
Another great resource for labels is Etsy. Fancy Weaver is an Etsy shop that has great woven labels too that are much less expensive but take a while to get to you since they come from overseas. I purchased my flat labels from them and I really like the quality too!
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| My cute little sizing tags! |
I also bought a slew of different size tags from Big Apple Fabrics on Etsy. You know 3 mos, 18 mos, 2T, 3T, etc. They come in super handy for designating the front and back of a piece of clothing that can go either way…like a pair of pants!! Plus, they are great for reminding me what size a dress is so I can put it away accordingly and find it easily for when Eloise will be big enough to wear it!
I really do love my clothing labels and I add them to everything I make. I think they give any handmade good that perfect extra touch of professionalism.
Okay, so I hope that I helped you some. Please let me know if you have any other questions, I’m always happy to help!!
Happy Monday!
XOXO,
Maggie
Oh my goodness what darling dresses! I love your little tags too. 🙂 Still nursing my princess and am a little sick of skirts but convenience/modesty win.
That owl corduroy is amazing. I love it so much! Cute little outfits. I was working on peasant dresses today too, and now I’m jealous of your corduroy.
I have labels too, but no side labels (which I wish I could afford!) but I have satin ones with my Demilunes design (the pigtail girl) and add it to every cloth I do, except those little booties I made for Merrick… They are oversized for newborn cloth unfortunately!
those dresses are really really cute! The birdie one is my fav!
How cute! I saw some owl fabric similar to the one you made Penny’s dress out of and fell in love… however… FOUR BOYS!!! LOL! I was thinking of making a big purse/bag out of it!
Hi there! Haven’t been here for a while, but tonight I’m back. Lovely stuff and your new little baby girl is just great. Congrats to you!
I’ve got a question to the labels with the size. What does the 3 mos and the 2T mean? Does 3 mos mean month and the T stands for years? In Germany we got the sizes in cm. Which means your baby is like 74 cm in the clothings stands 74 or 80 or 122 and so on. It would be great to get an answer after all that time I got some cloth from the US. Thanks a lot and have a great day. Greetings from Germany, ines
I bought this pattern too and I’m a beginner, but I luv what you’ve done in the tickling fabric! I’m getting ideas…she could wear jeans under that!
love the dresses, I’ve always wanted that pattern and for some reason I just never buy it. duh me. 🙂
LOVE the little owl dress!! Saw that one and bought the pattern. FYI love your blog!! I ran across it one day looking for sewing tutorals and fell in love. Keep the great ideas coming
Amber
so sweet! i want to learn how to sew so badly! i’m pretty crafty in other areas, being a design/studio art graduate but would you believe I’ve never sewed anything since middle school home-ec!! i need lessons and to get on it – even with having a boy (and another on the way) i could make some fun things like i’m seeing from so many moms on here…
thanks for sharing your precious pieces! and i LOVE the tags… too cute!
Ines, yes 3 mos means 3 months old and 2T means 2 years old – the T stands for toddler 🙂 your way of labeling clothes sounds so much better as babies and toddlers are not all the same size at each age 🙂
The dresses are really cute. I’m crazy about your logo tags. I need to make something similar.where can I order tags like that?
The links for the places I had my tags made is in the post!