I also cut a band that sits at the waist, purely because I was having to do some fancy finagling to make my fabric scraps work. Instead of cutting a front and two backs (which would normally be closed with a button or snap back) I cut two cap sleeve fronts and scooped out one piece to form my scoop back. The BTP is intended for woven fabrics, but there's no reason why I couldn't use the general shape to make Mars' knit romper. Its like dressing them in a jazzed up onesie! I especially love making the playsuit option because it gives the feel of a dress but without the impracticality. Awesome options plus great fit has made this my go-to pattern for holiday outfits, baby shower gifts, etc. The BTP fits preemie to size 3, with a separate Tea Party Dress pattern for sizes 6mo (0) to 8. And I really love that it starts at preemie size (or 00000 for this Australian pattern) so you don't even have to wait to make it until your child is bigger. With seemingly endless options (playsuit, bubble romper, dress, scoop back, kiss back, v-neck, sweetheart, sleeveless, cap sleeve, long sleeve, gathered sleeve, collars.) between the dress pattern and the collars and sleeves extension packs, its amazing how many ways this pattern can be interpreted. Brindille & Twig has several rompers or coveralls, a couple of which I own that I could've easily added, but for this I had a vision of a scoop back and cap sleeve, so I went to my go-to dress+romper pattern, the Baby Tea Party (BTP). So I stole the pants from his drawer-he never noticed-and set to creating a top for Mar's romper. I drafted a simple pocket for the front honestly because at the time I didn't have any size labels for his size and it was a handy way to identify the front of the pants. The Super Slim Harems had that slim cut look I wanted for my trim toddler, but offered a slightly different shape that was perfect for him. I've always loved a slimmer leg on boy's clothing, but as Ren got older (he's almost three now) and ditched the fluffy diaper bum, he started to look a little like Kenneth waiting for the Rapture and it just wasn't working for me. The Super Slim Harems is one of my favorite patterns, especially for little boys. And that's cool and all, but now there's a pile of pants that he won't wear, which included the sage green Kaufman knit pair of Super Slim Harems I made for him last summer. I’ll probably make some up as gifts too.My son used to live in leggings but for the past few months has decided that anything but jeans is unacceptable. If there wasn’t such a shortage of elastics right now I’d make loads more! It makes such gorgeous little shorties – super practical. It might make the elastic more likely to twist when wearing, but I’ll at least try it out and see. This is really close to the edge of the garment but I found it just made it more fiddly to get the elastic through. When I make it again I think I’ll skip the stitching to create a more defined channel for the elastic. If it wasn’t for fiddling with elastics, I would have finished these within an hour. I picked these up from Sew Me Sunshine recently & just love them. I also got to use my fab ‘Yo mama made it’ labels from Kylie & the Machine. I’m so happy with this make, and my little model loved them too! Great for a warm sunny day in the garden. Not realising it’s a quilting cotton…I soon realised they didn’t feel like my other cotton pjs and set it aside to make kids clothing for friends. It was one of the first I bought with the intention of making cool cotton pjs. I’ve had this fabric since I started sewing. I’ve only recently started working with elastics, I still find them fiddly and that’s really all that slowed me down. You can use knits or wovens, and there are only two tiny pieces, so great for stash busting. It was a hot day during lockdown, the supermarket didn’t have much summer clothing & I’d recently printed off this bloomer pattern – the stars had aligned. ![]() I think these are my favourite make ever. Blooming brilliant bloomers using a sewing pattern from Brindille & Twig.
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