Playsuit in situ

I finished the Salme Playsuit in Liberty of London D'Anjo a couple of days ago but this is my first chance to take a photo of it.  It's probably user error, but I can never work out how not to have the shine on a photo..perhaps I need a new camera!  Oliver took these for me.

FINISHED! Salme Playsuit!

I love Tuesdays.  I get to finish work early (or not work at all) I get to pick up the boys early and we don't have any after school running around.  Bliss.  So taking full advantage of this, we all potted around, made the first batch of sorbet for the season and  I finished the Salme Playsuit that I was whining a bit about yesterday.  No photos of me wearing this as I probably need a bit of Spring colour on the old legs, but all in good time. Tonight just the old 'stick the garment on the wall in bad light" photo.

The waist has a bit of elastic in it so sits more ruffled than it looks in this photo ... and I roll the legs up!

So the verdict?  Despite my reservations about the instructions and maybe the slight tightness over the bottom and my choice of buttons being not so great.  I LOVE THIS.  I really really love it.  If I saw this in the shop I would be falling over myself to buy it.  Can't wait for a lovely sunny summer day to wear this.

I made only a few alterations:  buttons instead of snaps; because now I'm all about putting buttons onto things, slightly longer in the leg so I can roll them up and binding in the arms rather than just hemming.

Et voila!

P.S.  Tomorrow the boys are off to a Halloween disco!?  I've made Elliot a Mr Goop costume..  who is Mr Goop you might ask.  Well stay tuned for my Halloween creation!

Romper Stomper

I am making progress. Slow and painful but definitely progress on my Salme playsuit.  I have finally put the pockets into the shorts.  It took me 2 hours. Yes 2 hours.  How hard can pockets be I know you are thinking, well, this pattern makes hard work out of them.  I really want to love Salme patterns, but as I said when I made the Pussy Bow Dress the instructions could be done much better and it is definitely true of the playsuit where there are some weird pocket pieces. I have two halves done now, so all I have to do is sew them together and finish it (this could take a while given the timing of what I've done so far). 

I saw the forecast for the weather yesterday which said it is going to be 27 and sunny on Sunday (for Elliot's 4th birthday party - a Robot party!?), so I was all keen to finish the playsuit and wear it.  Now it looks like it will be 22 and cloudy with possible showers, so no need for me to panic.

The other thing that makes me think I might need to rethink my (children's) party hostess outfit is that I am making the romper out of Liberty of London D'Anjo and when I tried the two pieces on (with pins sticking in every which way)- trying to work out what they would look like and if it was even going to fit.. I looked decidedly like I could be in pyjamas.  Not convinced by this outfit.
.. maybe I just need the right shoes and accessories.  Stay posted.

A break in transmission

Last night I took a small break in the fete sewing and started sticky taping and cutting out the Salme Playsuit. I'm going to make this up in some new Liberty of London fabric I bought on Tuesday (which has been washed but not ironed - obviously).  I might even add a pussy bow to it...

It was so nice to do a bit of selfish sewing for a while.