The first theme is a pattern remix of Katy from No Big Dill's A Very Biased Skirt tutorial. Even though now I have an adorable daughter to sew for now, there's still a big gap in sewing for boys so I wanted to focus on Vince as much as possible this season for the sewalong.
But.
Uh.
How do I remix a skirt with ruffled layers of bias strips?
The first thing that came to my head STUCK. Strips of fabric could be like a mummy, and I had heaps of cream cotton to work with. At first I was going to have it as a collared, button-up shirt. I was worried he'd look too much like a fancy pirate...
Then one night as I lay in bed fretting I decided to do a mummy wraps hoodie. Perfect timing, because my Mummy leggings from Black Milk arrived while I was working on this.
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| Cos I'm a mummy... geddit? |
I love how it turned out but it didn't have that WOW factor to it. It was cute and pretty but I wasn't pushing myself as far as I could. I really want to get out of my comfort zone with this sewalong!
The most difficult part of this was cutting what felt like 100m of bias strips.
And then I didn't have enough for the top of the second sleeve so I had to cut some more!
Honestly I didn't know how it would turn out. I did the hood first and wasn't 100% impressed with it, but once I did the body and could see how it was looking I was feeling more confident so by the time the sleeves were done I was sold.
I love it.
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| Walk like an Egyptian |
I did take photos so I can write a semi-tutorial for this :)
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| The sleeve came up to my elbow but it made me laugh that it fit. It looks like I have a broken arm. |
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This is brilliant, you are seriously so clever
ReplyDeleteI love it! My boys would love a mummy hoodie. And girl, it is seriously unfair that your legs look that good in leggings after just having a baby. Good for you!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME JOB!!! I've been waiting for yours cause I knew you were going to pull off BOY! It looks so cute, and of course I am a sucker for any hoodie. Perfectly boy and not at all feminine, I'm insanely impressed!
ReplyDeleteSuzanne
This is an amazing use of bias tape, and Vinnie's camera hamming makes it even more awesome. Love the combination too of skinny pants, layerd jacket and chunky boots. That's a serious fashion monster you've got there.
ReplyDeleteI would die for one of these! What material is the actual hoodie made from?
ReplyDeleteAmazing! I love that hoodie it's fantastic! And your Mummy leggings ;p I can see my boys happy to wear something so cool especially with Halloween coming up. Looking forward to any tutorial you might do on this definitely!
ReplyDeleteBonnie MS
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That is sooooo damn cool! I love the way that it turned out. (And, on a side note I like those BM mummy leggings way more after seeing your pics of them than I did seeing them on the site).
ReplyDeleteAhhh! This is so super cute! It's been awhile since I've come by. I always love what you do!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to Eat make Grow!
So, so great!! I love it!!
ReplyDeleteYour mummy leggings are awesome and the hoodie goes so well with it! I actually think the skirt is super fun too.
ReplyDeleteI love this so much!!! haha! it was a for real lol--not just blowin' smoke here--genius and awesome!
ReplyDeleteyour kid is so awesome xD just like his mummy ;)
ReplyDeleteyour kid is so awesome xD just like his mummy (haa, see what I did there xD)
ReplyDeleteUmmm that skirt is A-dorable!!!! I want to see Edison wear it!!! I also love your mummy suits!!!! xoxxooxox
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