A 3 piece suit!

Not sure if anyone noticed or not but I have been M.I.A for a couple of days because I have been doing some exciting stuff! I was chosen to be one of many testers for HeidiandFinn's new Sporty Maxi Dress! I was SO excited to be chosen and I cannot wait to show off the dress and tell you all about the pattern. But Mother Nature had other plans. Between record setting SNOW at the end of April .. like the last time this happened was in 1918 and was on the 22nd whereas ours was the 23rd... and then Miss Mia's refusal to cooperate with a fun photo shoot at Grandma and Grandpa's I will not be able to get a good picture until Sunday when it is supposed to be a beautiful 80* and Sunny. Mia and I will go to the park and she will get to run and play in the new Sporty Maxi <3

 Here is a small taste of the dress I made. once I get her playing at the park running in the sun I will have some gorgeous pictures to show and a wonderful review to write!

Ok now onto my previous makes :)

After I did Taevy's Willow Dress I knew it was time for Mia to have another turn at a "Mommymade" There just so happened to be an awesome Sew-a-long going on at the Create Kids Couture Sew-a-long group on Facebook. April's sew-a-long was for the Britney Bubble top in girl's sizes or tween sizes! I couldn't wait to be a part of a sew-a-long it just sounded like "sew" much fun! And let me tell you there were SO many adorable finished products! And since the mama's loved the patterns so much and begged and pleaded with the Ladies that are Create Kids Couture they made a WOMEN'S version too! Actually they came out with a 6 piece line of women's designs! Talk about adorable Mommy and Me photos! Anyway let me get back to the point. I seriously LOVE Create Kids Couture. Their patterns are just so easy to follow and so far I have had absolutely no problems or even questions about how to do something. I have not had to go back and reread the directions over and over again hoping to figure it out. I read it once and understand and anyone that sews knows that is how it should be!.

I did more muted colors than most but I had a very good reason.

You see I didn't want just a top. I wanted a whole outfit. I happened to come across some awesome black with pink pin stripe knit fabric for ... get this ... $1 a yard! I just pictured little business suits on little girls. So when this sew a long came along I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Which is where the 3 piece suit comes in. :)

I had the top, now I needed a bottom. Insert Jocole's Basic knit Leggings and we have a winner! Oh my goodness, anyone that has sewn for any amount of time will tell you that knits are kind of scary to work with. And if you are one of those that worry about knits you need to go get a pattern from Jocole! She is the knit master! Everything is so well written and so easy and oh my so quick to sew together. I actually did 2 pairs of these leggings because Mia likes them a little loose and she thought the first pair was too tight. Seriously, coming from the world's slowest sewist, These took me like 1.5 hours to do from start to finish, and that was only because I am so OCD about things and have to stop between every step to do one thing or another (from laundry to letting the dogs out). So then the leggings were born.

Seriously cute right!? And after this picture I added a large white button to the outside of both legs to add some white to the pants.

But wait! There is still one more aspect of this suit. Obviously I have only shown 2 pieces so what could the 3rd be?

I wanted a jacket but couldn't find the right style or one that would work with the knit fabric I wanted to use. I poured over different descriptions and just couldn't find what I wanted. I had it narrowed down to 2. Sent both designers a quick note asking if it would work ok with a knit fabric. Well Cali Faye Collections to the rescue! She said I should be able to use her Hippie Haute Crop Jacket, but suggested I don't do the lining and to maybe add some lace. I did just that and I LOVE this jacket! I have to admit I was a little intimidated by the pattern. I thought it was going to be stupid hard. Because look at it! It looks hard! I could not have been more wrong! I had it done in 1 day, which would have been shorter if I had not melted some of the lace and had to go buy more!

Seriously how much cuter can it get!

Anyway I realize this post is getting stupid long and if anyone is actually reading it I apologize. I just can't stop raving about how much I love these 3 patterns! So I will end it with a picture collage of all 3 put together. Again Mother Nature was not cooperating with outside pictures but I made due and set her up for some teacher pictures :) and if you know Mia you will know that is her lifelong dream, to be a teacher. :)

 I mean seriously, how much cuter could this whole outfit be?!?

Happy Sewing!!