Nifty Sewing

So yesterday was a terribly dreary, cold, rainy day. You know, the Minnesota spring type of day. Gwyneth and I spent the majority of the day as sulking shut-ins. Today on the other hand was a whole different story. It's a beautiful, mildly warm, sunny day, which is a tall order for Northern Minnesota.

Yesterday, in our shut-in state, I decided that Gwyneth was in desperate need of a long sleeved bib, or better yet two. Gwyneth's got her own, not so unique toddler style of eating, which means dredging even the pushed up sleeves through spaghetti sauce and the like. I found the perfect bibs online, however, they ran $17+ a piece, and then there was shipping in addition to that. For two of the such desired, it was about $40. In a desperate attempt to save money, I searched high and low for a sewing pattern that would create something similar. I couldn't find the perfect pattern for a bib, but instead found this hip vintage smock pattern for free, so I got sidetracked by a not so practical, but fashionable sewing project.

Since yesterday was gloomy and today was the opposite, one would think that during Gwyneth's afternoon nap time, I would be outside cleaning up the garden, or maybe reading a book in the sun, but I did what I should have been doing after clouds rolled in, in a day or two. I made Gwyneth a the smock! I was able to start and complete the smock with some fabric remnants I had on hand before Gwyneth woke up from her nap! Hopefully tomorrow's another sunny day, so I can make another smock with a different fabric combo during Gwyneth's rest.

Below Gwyneth's modeling her little number.