Well, here we are at the finale! The designers have put so much in to this whole competition so be sure to head over to their blogs and show them some love. I have been so impressed every week and it has been so wonderful to watch!
Alida's Sweet Child of Mine
Alida's Sweet Child of Mine
When thinking about my signature style I came to a realization: I love everything. I love modern, vintage, bright color and muted, over-the-top and understated. It's so hard for me to pinpoint my 'style'. So I decided the best thing to do would be to think about my fashion priorities when it comes to children's clothing. First and foremost I think children should look like children, not mini-adults. Their clothing needs to be fun, colorful, and a little wacky (just like they are!) Because I love bold colors and patterns and mixing them up I decided to go with layers of bold but modern patterns. The back of the shirt has a fun keyhole detail with a fabric-covered button (which I'm sort of addicted to lately).
Second, I feel like children's clothes have to be COMFORTABLE. No matter how good it looks if your child hates wearing it neither of you are going to be happy. I used this super soft and stretchy knit for the shirt and then embellished it. Because I thought regular buttons would be too pokey on her chest I chose these felt buttons instead. The skirt has plenty of room for her to move around and play.
Finally, I think children's clothes should be versatile. That is why I chose to make a knit shirt and a skirt instead of a dress. The shirt would look great with jeans at the park or with a skirt at church. The skirt has every color of the rainbow so it can be worn with any solid-colored shirt. I also love how great it looks with a jean jacket, boots and a hat. It can easily be dressed-down or up depending on the occasion. Most importantly, Charlotte loves it. And what more could I really ask?Please visit me at I Make Stuff for more details and photos! Happy voting!
Jessica G.'s Timeless Classics
Jessica G.'s Timeless Classics
Simple Simon's Tulle Cute
Anybody who knows us, knows that our favorite thing to do is to make vintage look modern. So, for our final looks, it seemed only logical to us to combine our girls' love for all things fancy, and our love of vintagely modern.
Grace's dress is designed after a classic Shirley Temple dress, which fits her personality. The dress is made of white cotton and yards of swiss dot tulle with black bias tape around the hem. A rounded collar with a tulle overlay and puffed sleeves complete her look.
Each of the girls has a handmade "hoop skirt" under their dress to give it some extra fluffiness. The girls also have handmade ribbon wrist corsages and headbands to match. You can head over to Simple Simon to see more pictures.
Hannah's dress was designed to mimic a 50's style prom dress, but made to fit a little girl. The inspiration for this dress came from some handmade doll clothes that my grandma made for her girls, that my sister and I LOVED to play with. And my favorite dress of Sweet Sue doll was a black and pink tulle dress. So, that's what I made.
The dress is a fitted bodice with a collar, vintage buttons and capped sleeves. The skirt of the dress is 10 yards of hand-pleated tulle that was sewn on in rows, and started making me seeing stars after a while :) She also has a handmade black satin stole to cover her shoulders.
After six weeks of tulle, feathers, fabric and more; we have made a big huge mess...but have had lots of fun in the process. Unfortunately, it's time to say goodbye to Project Run and Play and hello to Project Clean-Our-Spaces! Thanks everyone!
wow they are all fabulous! great job ladies:)
ReplyDeleteTough choice, good luck to all of you ladies!
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe the talent in this competition. Especially this last round, you all made it SOOO hard to vote (I almost just left the site without voting, it was THAT hard!) Great job ladies!
ReplyDeleteThey all look lovely! I love the last one especially!
ReplyDeleteTalking of signature looks, how about Traditional Indian Saree on a little girl, yes that's what i made for my 4 yr 11 month old daughter as one out of her 9 new dress for Navarathri.
I love all of these!! :)
ReplyDeleteSimple Simon's Tulle Cute is by far my favorite!
ReplyDeleteIt's perfect!!!
good job everyone!