Saturday, October 5, 2013

Silver dots.

Georgia, dear Georgia.  She is so hard to photograph lately.  
 


She tried oh so hard to get back in the house.  For some reason she can open the door to go out, but not to get back in.




Though every now and then I can manage a semi-decent shot.  (would have been a good shot if she had been looking, but she knows where the camera is and seems to avoid looking that direction). 




So she spent her time running from pot to pot trying to pick a flower.




And I caught her red-handed. 




But she's lucky she's so cute, she didn't get in trouble (plus the trailing verbena grows like a weed!  A pretty weed though).




The pants look very linty in this picture for some reason.  Hm.

Anyways, the pants.  They are the Oliver + S After-school pants size 18m lengthened to a 3T.  I added the ruffle to the pocket, but not the back of the pants.  While cute, the material was hard to gather so I didn't bother trying again. 

I cut all my pieces out then used a pencil eraser to randomly stamp silvery metallic dots on the fabric.  I'd like to say I purposefully left the yoke plain, but the truth is I misplaced my painted yokes.  Sigh.  That's okay though, I kind of like it plain. 

I managed to mess up pretty bad though.  Instead of sewing the angled piece correctly (the point towards the back) I thought I was smart enough, since I had made them a few times before (one, two, three, four times before) to not need the instructions for that step.  I realized I had messed up after sewing the seam, serging then two rows of topstitching- on both sides.  Lesson of the day, notches make a difference! I didn't bother notching since I was lengthening and didn't know if they would line up anyways.  Oh, and read your instructions;)  So because of my mistake the pants ended up narrower than they would have and only George can wear them (believe me, Izzy tried to get them on).  The yoke is a little messed up, but they are still wearable. 

I was unsure about the paint as the pieces were all laid out on my counter top, but I am happy with how they turned out.  She looks so cute running around in them. 

12 comments:

  1. I adore the spots! I may try this technique myself as I have been wanting to try a spotty denim hopscotch but with no success on finding fabric.

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    1. You should try it! That was me too, I couldn't find any spotty material.

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  2. Love it Brit! They do look very cute with the plain yoke.

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  3. Very cute - I love the silver paint! I just posted about a pair of pants that I painted spots on, too. And my model it wearing that same shirt with her dotted pants...ha!
    http://amos-el.blogspot.com/2013/10/d-is-for-denim-and-dots.html

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    1. How funny! Great minds;) And that it is the same shirt, even better.

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  4. These are very cute! (she's a doll)
    The (denim) version I made to my girl last fall were worn to bits - they look cute and must be even more comfy to wear :-)

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    1. I loved your denims. Jack loves his to pieces so I knew they were a must make again.

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  5. The polka dots are so cute! I must say, I was never really taken with this pattern. But every time I see a pair made up, I kick myself for not buying the pattern!;)

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    1. The shirt still hasn't grabbed me (though I have made it), but I do love the fit of these pants. They give the right amount of bum coverage and I love the thinner fit.

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