The Christmas card photo. It's enough to strike fear in the heart of every suburban mom. So, of course, I have to make my kids matching clothes so they will look properly coordinated for the annual Christmas card photo competition. Thankfully, my kids like nothing better than dressing alike. I wonder how many more years that will last?
The pattern for this coat came from the latest Ottobre. The recommend that you use a reversible fleece, but I made it a bit more challenging for myself and used 2 home dec fabrics. The pink is, I believe, a cotton-rayon blend. The purple is a very plush purple velvet. I bought both fabrics in London and have been waiting for the right pattern to come along.
It was actually fairly complicated to make the coat reversible. I put together the body of the coat first, then attached the 2 sides together, then put the sleeves on. Perhaps there's an easier way. I did the whole thing by machine, because machine stitching is more durable and I actually want these coats to get worn.
18 comments:
You always make adorable childrens clothes. The girls look happy with them!
Oh my goodness, how cute.
I love the idea of the reversible coat. My daughter always managed to spill food on her good clothing when we took her out. Easy, take it off and turn it inside out.
Darling coats. Love the color combination.
Those are toooo sweet. I love little girl velvet coats.
Wow! these are great and that color combo just fabulous. Your choice of fabrics definitely bump this up the kiddie couture ladder.
The coats are cute, but those girls are even cuter!!!!
Mine dressed alike for awhile, but it ended somewhere around the ages of... first and third grade, maybe?
That photo will be amazing!
These are just the cutest coats! I love, love, love the purple side!
Oh those are just the most adorable coats, and the girls look very happy with them. The purple side is gorgeous and it really pops with the pink. So lovely.
S.Weet coats! My kids are at the age where NOTHING better match...
Our Christmas pic will be another mod podge I'm afraid...
Those coats are really beautiful. And they look adorable in them :-)
Those are the cutest coats. Good luck with the Christmas card photo; it gets harder to take that perfect shot as they get older.
You do always make wonderful childrens clothing. I usually, not having any little ones to sew for, just click on by when I see children's clothing, but yours are always technically interesting as well as beautiful.
Those are so pretty. No worries about how the family annual card will appear.
Simply adorable!! And the purple is so luscious and a great contrast to the soft pink. Really top job.
So nice, and cosy too. What pattern did you use? That can't be a big 4 can they? I love the mix and texture. You will have some nice Christmas card photos.
Oh, they are so chics! Il love their form!
So cute is this!!!
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