back to school 2019
is this thing on?!
Between the new house, trips, lots of visitors, and a generally busy millennial lifestyle, I haven’t had time to sew, let alone blog recently. however when maya specifically requested a back to school dress three weeks ago I knew it was time to change that.
Sammie said maya was into blue and purple as of late so with that in mind i jumped on the car and headed to my favorite fabric store in the Bay Area: stonemountain and daughter.
I decided to do my all time favorite pattern: the library dress from the great oliver + s. i did the three modifications that i always do when sewing this pattern:
swapped the buttons for an invisible zipper. even though i have made this style half a dozen times, the most recent time was etta’s Dress for my wedding 2.5 years ago so I reread the directions and this wonderful tutorial from the oliver + s blog on how to change the back from buttons to a zipper.
swaped out the facings for a full bodice lining.
used hem facing instead of a fold and stitch hem.
since we’re on the topic of back to school, let’s recap some of the creations i’ve made in past years to mark the start of the academic year shall we?
it all began in 2013 when nora started kindergarten and i made her and etta these roller skate dresses:
then in 2014 i made them these matching library dresses:
in 2015 i switched it up and made hopscotch skirts and tops:
2016 was the year of wedding planning so i took a hiatus from back to school sewing.
in 2017 things kicked into high gear. i made nora this fairy tale dress, complete with a contrasting lining:
etta got this mini southport dress in the same fabric nora’s dress was lined with (pssst it was left over from maya’s flower girl dress sash):
maya, who was starting kindergarten, also got a fairy tale dress:
and last but certainly not least neela got a pinwheel tunic to match her big sister:
finally last year maya got a mini southport dress:
did you do any back to school sewing this year?
