I'm almost ashamed to admit that this project was actually supposed to end up like the top in this gorgeous tute here, only in miniature. I had some lovely purple paisley lawn and really wanted to make it into something floaty and gorgeous for Katherine.
So what went wrong? Well, despite my daughter's disproportionately small head, it seems that it is still bigger than an adult head in relation to her body and hence I couldn't actually get the neck hole of the finished top over her head. No biggie. I cut a little snip in the back, added a bit of a facing there, and put a little button closure in. The next issue was that the top came up far too short on her body. See the seamline where the elastic is sitting, just above her hips. That's where Version 1.0 ended. Luckily I had some fabric left over, so I made a tube and attached it to the bottom of the top, and then just because I could, I made an elastic casing within the seam allowance to pull it in tighter across her hips. Of course, then the sleeves looked a bit funny, ending halfway down the top, so I kind of tapered them in to where the waistline was instead.
So there you have it. It's not perfect, but I think it's still pretty cute, and Katherine doesn't seem to mind it either.
Oh, and see those baggy jeans? They're shop-bought of course, but yes they're supposed to be skinny jeans. She needed this size for the length but they absolutely swim on her! Tall and lean - she certainly doesn't get it from me!
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