My dear husband and I just returned home from a week at our cabin in the beautiful mountains of the North Carolina “High Country.”  This time it was just the two of us.
We wanted a break from the hustle bustle of our very busy-but very happy!- life here in central Florida. And we reeeeally wanted a break from the sweltering heat here at home. We surely got that!  To keep from freezing, I wore a sweater everyday and we slept under two hand stitched quilts.
Of course, my plan was to get some uninterrupted sewing and smocking done. So on the first morning after we arrived, Bob set up my sewing table and I set up my trusty Brother ULT 2003D.
After making the first summer top from the The Purl Bee free pattern for our toddler granddaughter, I was eager to make one or two more with some modifications.
The play top outfit above is the first project I finished while we were there. The cherry fabric is left over from the Sweet Baby Jane bubble I made for her last summer. The vintage 36″ gingham was purchased at an estate sale a few summers ago. It was a small piece but with careful cutting I squeaked it out. The remaining scraps were so small that cherry fabric had to be used for one side of the ties.
The result is kind of scrappy looking. I wish I had not added the cherry ruffle to the bloomers.
The cherry top is much like the yellow floral and blue gingham one made earlier with with the sweet pockets free pattern. This outfit, however, has a contrasting fabric for the elastic’s casing and the pockets have been enlarged.
The tops of the pockets have been reinforced with a red button.
Vivian Rose’s mother commented that her little dynamo loads her pockets with rocks and toys and pretty much anything that will fit~or anything that Vivian Rose THINKS will fit and works at it until something gives.  Rebecca predicted that the dainty pockets on the blue and yellow outfit would be torn free in a short time. I’m sure Lezette Thomason did not design them to be used as cargo holds.
This should be a sturdy, cool little outfit for our baby girl. Playtime is serious business for Vivian Rose so she needs this sort of clothing. I hope that soon I will have photos of her modeling this. It is so much cuter on a child.
What children’s summer clothes have you made?
P.S. If you would like to plan your own sewing getaway at our Mountainside Cabin, it now comes equipped with the above sewing/embroidery machine, basic threads, rotary mat, ruler and cutter, as well as a few other sewing supplies. Just drop me a note at NCcabin@aol.com
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