Midnight photo shoot

I just finished five little rompers for a very sweet little two year-old.It's very late and the light is not very good for a picture, but aren't they cute all lined up in a row ?

Trucks, sailboats and fire engines, it doesn't get any better than this.

Or does it ? How about puppy dogs ?

And how much longer can you dress a boy in polka dots ?

Carpe diem or rather , Carpe Puerim*, I always say.
* that's my Latin joke for the month - puer, pueris = the boy

Cool and understated in classic stripes

Extremely manly, even down to the buttons !

And just because it's after midnight and we get silly when it's very, very late, here is a bonus question for you : identify the largest round object in the picture below.

Give up ? It's a radish from my garden !

Most amazing of all, it was perfectly edible and delicious.

Presenting...

The new dress !

It fits and the recipient seems pleased with it - I'd say we were ...in the pink.

Ready for a cool summer

So, let's review : here's the worn out pink shirt. a perfect candidate for a nifty idea I had seen on a craft blog .

I carefully cut the shirt apart along the seams.

The back of the shirt plus yoke was cut to look sort of like the front of a little girl's sundress. I wound up reversing this piece since I thought the pleat looked better inverted for the front of the dress.

I used the front of the shirt to cut another shape just like this and that would become the back of the dress.

The flattened sleeves were cut off and I sewed a hem on the bottom to become a casing for 1/2 " elastic. Once the elastic was threaded in, it ruffled the little sleeve/wingy straps very nicely. But, oops, the were too small !

No problem, the bottom of the sleeves was even better for my purpose. The hem of the sleeves became the casing and I just cut a sort of pleasing wing shape freehand. Once the elastic was in, the straps were perfect and could be sewn on at the top of the dress.

Add a little eyelet lace and voila ! I give you a very cool sundress for a little girl who loveslovesloves pink.

The front

The back !

Now wasn't that fun ?