We had to take the side off the cot before Miss 2 was even 1, because she would climb out of it. She was such a climber. She would even climb up a flat cupboard door to get onto the kitchen bench, that is until she realised she could use the draw handles as a ladder. There was no stopping that kid.
Well she is 2 now and wants to use a real bed like a big girl, so we have made the transition and now we have both girls in the same room and moved all her clothes etc into Miss 4's room.
When the girls outgrow their clothes, I put them into plastic bags in each size, so a bag of size 1, 2, 3 etc (I find it hard to throw out old baby clothes, maybe it's cause it took so long for us to start our family and I don't think we will get no. 3 without help again). My Husband is used to seeing bags of clothes packed into the wardrobes. In Miss 2's room I had actually organised myself, and all her old clothes were in a seperate cupboard above the wardrobe. My Husband thought my fabric stash was old clothes... until we cleaned out the wardrobe. Yes, he found my fabric stash!
I had bags of fabric over a meter high all stashed in there. You should have seen his face when he realised it was a fabric stash. He was crouched down on his knees in front of the wardrobe and just rocked back and sat there looking at with this dumbfounded look on his face. For about a full 30 seconds he just sat there looking at it with that face. I wanted to run. I could feel panic rising in me. My heart started to race and my breath quicken, but I couldn't look away. He then said, "I have seen all those Spotlight bags... But I never thought..". Then he seemed to shake it off and said, "I know you don't buy anything full price-". I quickly agreed. Then he said, "I want you to use this and see you make things".
I just can't tell you my relief! So I have been busy making little dresses for my girls and 2 of my girlfriend's little girls.
I used Simplicity 2377 pattern F. From tracing out the size and cutting it out, and cutting the fabric, it takes me about three hours to actually make the dress. I am definitely not one of those people who can do things quickly.
I had some $2/m fabric from the Spotlight clearance rack and went to work making little dresses.
Miss 2 is a size 2, but the smallest size in that pattern is a size 3, so I made her a size 3. Instead of doing a 1.5cm seam allowance, I did a 2cm seam for her. It is long on her and I should probably take the hem up, but it looks really good on her and she was happy with it. Miss 4 is a size 4, so that was easy. I made her a few of these dresses and they're very cute. She likes wearing them. She actually pulls it out of the wardrobe herself and puts them on. The first one I made was Hello Kitty and I have received a lot of comments on it.
I also got a lot of comments on the $2 fabric one. A lady at Church told me that it looks like I bought it from a boutique. My friends' girls are a size 5 and 6.
When I gave the first dress away, my friend said she felt like crying she was so happy. She loved it and that makes me feel really good. I'm really glad I made them for my friends' little girls. They worked out really well.
Now to get started on Christmas dresses!
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