I absolutely love how this outfit turned out for my daughter. These patterns are the Cruise and Star from Blaverry. I received these for free as part of the promotions team, but all opinions are my own.
The Girl has been complaining that she didn’t have enough shorts for summer. I tend not to make too much for summer here, since it is so brief. It isn’t worth making a lot for 3 months. I did want to make up a few things, though, and these turned out so nice for her.
The Star shirt is a white cotton/lycra knit and a modern jersey knit in one of my designs. The HTV design is also one of my designs.
It was not adhering very well, and took FOREVER to get it to work. My iron just was not set to a high enough temperature, so something to watch for next time. It almost made me want to get a heat press.
Next time I make this up for her, I will do some different grading. I made a 7W and 14L here, and as you can see the shoulders are too narrow. She needs the wider shoulders for her age, but she is still plenty thin for the rest of it.
The Cruise shorts fit her so well. I also made a 7W and 14L, but her shorts length ended up between the shortest length and the next length. I had her try them on before hemming to get them to the length she specifically wanted. Custom clothes makes that easy! I didn’t add the elastic in, since they fit her in the waist pretty spot on. I think I will add some in just to the back next time, since it did pop out a bit when she sat down. The pattern comes with instructions on how to add buttonhole elastic.
The inside of the shorts. How nice does this look??
These were drafted very professionally with no real shortcuts that you see in a lot of designs these days. They aren’t a super fast sew, but you get a very nice product at the end.
She will definitely be getting more of these for her winter wardrobe in the longer length.
Note: Girlfriend just got back from horse camp and her legs took a beating. There were a few things there that OSHA would most definitely disapprove of.
More lovely ladies are sewing these patterns this week:
Stylin’ Stacy * BLAVERRY * Élégantine * Sprouting JubeJube * Stuff I Make * Turtle Birdies
This turned out so professional and stylish. She looks classy and chic! I love the look inside the shorts too. Again, very professional. Definitely something to be proud of. Well done!
Thanks, Christie!
Those two garments look amazing, great job mom. Also, I cannot believe how big she is getting.
Thank, Lori! She is getting big, isn’t she? Starting 6th grade this year. Time is going fast.
This look is perfect! How fun that you incorporate your own design.
Thank you! I love that I can do that. Sometimes I have to fiddle with it a bit in the program to get it to cut right, but it is worth it!
Love this outfit! I like how you get your own design on the fabric.
Thanks so much, Cara! I love having the ability to do it. So fun to be able to make such personal clothes. 🙂