I’ve spent a lot of time the past few months working on
school clothes for my first child in kindergarten. I was not ready for my BAAAAAABY to be in
kindergarten AT ALL. Not ready to not
have her all day. Not ready for her to
be more independent. Not ready for
parent homework. With all the things I
wasn’t ready for, I was determined to be ready for one thing: that child of
mine was going to look fabulous. I
combed all of my patterns looking for
ones with sleeves (there’s a 3” strap rule which is basically sleeves on a 5
year old) and got to work. One of my
go-to patterns for a successful sew is the Maggie Mae by Shwin. I made two for school and I love them both!
The first I made was a tunic length.
There’s also a “no leggings as pants rule”, so I had to make sure it
looked good with jeans.
Seriously...these rules. SO MANY
RULES. I had a rule of my own- I had to
use my stash. We do not have any disposable income right now, so stash busters were a MUST. I had some of this leftover Cherry Print that
I’ve used for a bunch of stuff and I found an old dress I hated and used the
grey skirt for the yoke. BAM! One top down and my awesome factor is UP!
I decided to make a dress version as well. Kids grow up and need to be “cool” so
quickly. I’m DEFINITELY not ready for
that, so I’m keeping her young as long as she lets me. I was given this AWESOME gnome fabric that I’ve
been obsessing over for a year and I knew I needed it for something. I paired it with a sparkle denim and
YEP! This one’s for all my Gnomies. This
dress started out as a different pattern, but my daughter complained that the
bodice was “too itchy”. Whiner. (But it totally was itchy). I decided to go back to Maggie Mae and it was
better. Muuuuch better. The only thing I changed , really, was the
skirt. I made a wider skirt and gathered
it, rather than using the slimmer and pleated version that comes with the
pattern. I also made a white sash and a denim flower for that
Papow! My girl even wore it to picture
day! Maggie Mae saves the day! But I’m, at the very least, her sidekick. But like a sexy sidekick that everyone likes
and invites to parties because no one wants to be Robin...
Anyway, I hope you like two of my school looks. There have been a lot more and you’ll get to
see at least 2 of them next
week...ALLSPICE WEEK. WOO HOO!!!
-Crystal-
