Purple mistakes

I'm baaaaaaack from vacation. Happy to be back. If anyone ever tells you it would be crazy to drive 20 hours away from home (and back) in seven days with a two year old and a one year old and a tent trailer--don't listen. Nobody actually said that to me out loud but I said it a few times to myself. Luckily I don't listen to little voices in my head. We had the best time in Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. A large part of which is because it was our first real family vacation just the four of us.

Before we left I whipped up a couple little purple dresses for friends we were visiting. They have the cutest little purple obsession at their house! So I made two matching dresses, sized 12 month and 3T. I waited quite impatiently for my Figgy's Tee for Two pattern to arrive in the mail (wow am I spoiled by emailed pdf patterns) and was so excited to give it a try.

I swear the dress is cute in person, I just don't put effort into my photo's when the project is a major failing disappointment. I wasn't even going to bring the dresses along but I decided to at the last minute to show my friends what I tried to make them. Luckily they have a sewer in the family who might be able to salvage them...

Word to the wise--follow instructions! It's probably no secret right now that I'm afraid of new sewing techniques. I sew knits just like I'd sew anything else. No ball point needle. No stretch or zig zag stitch. Well that paired with this pattern and some fifty cent bargain bin shimmery purple thread clearly labelled for embroidery equalled a bit of a disaster. I sewed both dresses and admired them for a few days. Then Loo wanted to try one on and I thought it was a good idea to check the fit and whatnot. As it went over it giant toddler head I heard a snap and to my horror the stitching started to unravel. I was too afraid to test the smaller one but sure enough when I brought them to our friends and they tried it on their little bird the stitches snapped there too.

Boo!

I might go buy me a ball point needle... especially since I was planning on making Loo a whack-a-mole of raglan shirts...