Sewing with Liquid Gold

Have you seen the Rowan Tee? It's a fantastic pattern by Titchy Threads and I had big plans for sewing a special tee for Henry's 4th birthday. (My baby is FOUR today!!) But then...I went to the fabric store and couldn't find any fun printed knit for his shirt. What I found instead was liquid gold (the fabric kind, not the Velveeta kind) and I got inspired to do a completely different version of the Rowan Tee for my baby girl. (At what point do you have to stop calling them 'babies'? High school? LOL)

The gold I found is a buttery stretch velvet from JoAnn Fabrics. It's super stretchy and I immediately envisioned it for the stripe on the tee and as leggings. The problem? This is a super expensive fabric. ($28 a yard - yikes) Thankfully I had a coupon and she's still small enough that I can make a pair with only a yard of fabric.

The shirt itself is made from a slightly stretchy fur-like snake skin print with gold stamped into it. It's such a cool fabric. Totally impractical for kids' clothes, of course, but for a holiday outfit I thought I'd chance it.

Matinee + Jumpsuit = Love (a pattern mashup)

Every once in a while a new sewing pattern will be released that becomes an instant "must-sew" and for me, the new Matinee Dress by A Jennuine Life is one such pattern.

not your average jeans

Do you have a favorite pair of jeans? I have a horrible time finding the perfect jeans for myself. I have two pairs of custom jeans I had made for me that I like...but need to start looking for jeans again because I fell on the ice a couple weeks ago and ripped a big hole in the knees of my favorite jeans - ugh. Hmmm...maybe I should try to just make some custom jeans for myself???

For my kids I usually don't spend a lot of money on jeans because they grow out of them so quickly. But the fit isn't always the best from cheaper kids jeans, or they are too short to last very long with my growing kiddos. I never considered making jeans for them because...well...jeans look complicated.

Or so I thought.