KitCat with her Tina Givens cupcake ensemble in pink and yellow bubble cotton
Fabrics and Notions:
Pink and yellow spotty bubble cotton
Lightweight knitted iron-on interfacing
Button
Elastic
Pattern: Tina Givens Cupcakes
Bubble cotton, like the rest of the seersucker cotton family, is a great choice of fabric for children as there is minimal ironing required whilst still retaining the natural fibre content.
Red embroidered cotton ra-ra dress made by Clair
Fabrics and Notions
Red Cotton Embroidery Anglaise
Invisible zip
Lightweight knitted iron-on interfacing
Pattern: Burda 5085
KitCat wearing Tina Givens birdy printed cotton jacket and matching trousers (Made by Jane)
Fabrics and Notions:
Tina Givens printed cotton
Medium weight iron-on interfacing
Elastic
Buttons
KitCat posing in her silk dupion party dress for her God-monster’s wedding (Made by Clair)
Fabrics and Notions:
Shot pink silk dupion
Cotton lawn (lining)
Rick-rack braid
Lightweight knitted iron-on interlining
Ottie in her sweet polka dot dress with button detailing and Peter-Pan collar.
Fabrics and Notions:
Red and white spot print cotton
Red buttons
Lightweight cotton lawn iron-on interfacing
Ottie (age 14) wearing Laurent Garigue stretch worsted wool spot dress. (made all by herself)
Fabrics and Notions:
Bonded stretch worsted wool / nylon tulle
Standard dress zip
KitCat sporting her red chicken printed cotton three quarter length trousers (Made by Jane)
Fabrics and Notions:
Chicken printed cotton
Red and white frill trim
Elastic
Kitcat in Amsterdam modelling her super-soft printed muslin dress (Made by Jane)
Fabrics and Notions:
Red and white floral print cotton muslin
White Riviera cotton lawn
Shell button
Using a cotton lining inside a fabric such as cotton muslin is not always a good idea as the fabrics are liable to ‘stick’, but in this case it worked well.
Kitcat modelling smocked white linen dress with lined sunhat (Made by Jane)
Fabrics and Notions:
White medium weight linen
Pink and green embroidery threads
White cotton Riviera lawn (lining)
Self-cover buttons
Traditional smocking is time consuming and quite tricky to do well. It is important you pick a fabric that has an even and straight weave, and that markings are done incredibly accurately. It is becoming a lost art, and should be encouraged as it is lovely (and practical)
