Sewing project – Fall colors

Yes, yet ANOTHER SEWING POST!  Get your fill people…I’m sure it will be a few weeks before more come your way.  I have a few Mei Tai’s to make and my taxidermist father dropped off some felt to make the backing for a bear rug.  Lucky me.  I’d much rather be making cute outfits!

Now…doesn’t this just look like she needs to go frolick in some leaves wearing it?  I surely think so!

I love the fallishness of this set (Is that a real word?  It is now!).  I made most of this in one evening.  Of course the evening started at 8-ish and ended at 11:30-ish.  My poor eyes were red and ravaged the next morning.  All that was left to do was set the straps on her at the right spot.  I grabbed a bunch of fabrics that went with the main fabric on the pants and threw together the top as I went.  Imagination was just a raging away as I added a button here…some rick rack there.  I really like how it turned out, and this may just be in the running for next months school pictures.

Details: The main floral fabric is a heavyweight cotton, and the other accent fabrics are quilting cottons.  The brown is a striped corduroy.  The back of the top is shirred and the straps snap on the back.  I made sure to sew the little satin bow so it doesn’t come unraveled…which would take about a minute of her wearing it.  The pants are my steadfast elastic waist pants with side pockets sewn on at uneven levels.  The green rick rack on the top and the pockets is a nice fuzzy chenille.  Little ones are all over tactile textures, and there is a lot in this little outfit!