Buttons and Bibs Coastal Crossover

Hi everyone! I made another twinning set! This time round, I made the Coastal Crossover from Buttons and Bibs!

My version is the V neck with faux lace (printed) CL and black modal handkerchief skirt in top length. Her version is black CL with the faux lace CL as a skirt in dress length. I didn't bother hemming mine and hers was rolled hemmed with a serger so both dresses were really fast to sew! 

I really do love twinning with this cutie pie! 

Here's some photos of how beautiful this dress looks worn! 

We hope you liked our versions of the Buttons and Bibs Coastal Crossover!

Buttons and Bibs Kids Hemlock Hoodie (Straight)

Buttons and Bibs has 4 Hemlock Hoodie patterns - Adult Curvy, Adult Straight, Kids Curvy and Kids Straight.  The curvy fit has tunic and dress lengths and full bust adjustment while the straight cut is well.. straighter and is hip length. All versions have accessories like cat ears, fox ears and dino spikes. With that many options and patterns, it's almost certain you can find a pattern best suited for you! 

This one that I tested for is the Kids Straight Hemlock. It's unisex and can be made for both boys and girls. 

As per usual routine, I got the boy to choose his fabric and pattern design. As expected, he chose something dark and when he saw that the pattern had dino spikes, he jumped for joy. =) So dino spikes it is! 

I had a cute dino iron-on that was yellow so using that as a base, I chose yellow ribbings for the sleeve cuffs and bottom band. Then, for the dino spikes, I got a matching yellow woven fabric. The hemlock hoodie has cut-out pockets in front that's lovely for keeping all his treasures and if it isn't big enough, you can always hack it easily! 

  

I think he likes his new dino hoodie loads. =) Perhaps this inspired you to make one too! 

Shop here for the Hemlock Hoodie Curvy bundle and here for the Hemlock Hoodie Straight kids!

Use Hemlock for a discount on bundles!

Because it is going to be National Day soon...

Every year on August 9th, Singapore celebrates National Day. 

If you don't know this already, I'm a teacher so every year, on National Day, I would always dress in the Nation's colors (Red and White) to celebrate our Nation's birthday with my students. 

But actually... Red isn't my color. Not really. I find that I tend not to wear red anything, but I mean, it's National day!

So this year, I'm really quite excited to be making my own red and white outfit. At least it's going to look nice and conform to my aesthetics 😆

I'm also incredibly lucky to be given to opportunity to be a guest sewist for Sew PDF Showcase. This is a really cool source of pdf patterns by small independent pdf companies. They showcase a pdf pattern every week and this week's PDF showcase is by Buttons and Bib! (this new pattern company is very promising! You should go check out their stuff - many of the dress patterns are lovely!) 

I shall be using their Summer Staple Dress for my National Day dress - yay~

This is a knit bodice, woven skirt dress and it's my first time ever putting woven skirts on knit bodices! I used clear elastic to gather the woven skirt - so easy! and then serged the bodice and skirt together after. 

This whole dress was ensembled in record time too. The woven fabric i used for the skirt is crepe so there's a lovely texture that contrasted very nicely with the stretchy, very smooth poly-spandex knit with a slight sheen that I bought in "wine red" that i used for the bodice. 

At first i was slightly concerned that if i attach a woven skirt on a knit bodice the waist area might not stretch enough to go over my head. But my concerns were unfounded as the clear elastic gathering method really helps ensure that the waist area is still very nice and stretchy and the waist is still cinched in enough to not look baggy. 

And yes... did i mention pockets? Pockets always! These pockets are huge! Big enough for my galaxy note! 

One interesting thing to note about this dress is, unlike many knit dresses, the waist actually has positive ease. That means everything there is nice and relaxed, not tight and figure hugging. Just thought some of us may appreciate a pattern like that for days when we are feeling bloated or perhaps... for BUFFET days where we aim to eat alot and don't want our tummies to feel restricted 😆😆😆

If you would like a good deal on this pattern it is now ON SALE. Only at Sew PDF Showcase for 1 week!