Project: Madison’s Birthday Suit
A chick I used to work with, Lisa, has a little girl called Madison. It’s her birthday on friday and because I was bored I offered to make her a leotard and tutu/skirt for the party (It’s Wiggles themed, but she wanted to be a ballerina like Dorothy the Dinosaur) So imagine this leotard (which i can’t help but think ‘retarded leotarded’ about) with a huge picture of Dorothy ironed onto the front.
Pattern used: McCall’s Costumes M5680 (size cce: 3-4-5-6)
Material: For leotard, pink stretch suiting, 6mm non-roll white elastic, 8inch regular dress zip (cut to size…whoops!). For tutu, pale wedding veil tulle, 5mm pink satin ribbon and small ribbon roses, bought for a song at a quilting show (zomg, quilting)
Things I Learned From This Project: Oh GAWDS, I never want to use suiting again. It ladders, it’s flimsy and only stretches one way. I should have left more time for the skirt, but it was simple enough that it didn’t completely kill me. Sewing on little pink ribbon roses did. Argh! Wedding veil tulle is AWESOME. It’s soft, drapes beautifully and is actually pretty cheap (is folded three times on the spool and is about $9 a meter at Cleggs). Ribbon was easy enough, but should have bought something wider. And making things for kids is HARD, because my brain constantly thinks about whether it’s big enough…haha.
Pictures of the finished articles can be found here. Photos of Madison actually in the outfit will be forthcoming next week!
