Na primavera tive o prazer de testar o molde do Bubble Dress da An. Fiz um vestido em crepon de algodão com riscas brancas e cor-de-rosa para a Teresa que ela adorou (aqui está ele!). Pensei em fazer um igual para a Inês mas já não tinha tecido suficiente por isso fiz antes uns calções. Uns Bubble Shorts, claro!
Como não tenho um molde de calções básicos de que goste mesmo (parece-me que não vou resistir ao novo molde da Dana…), peguei no meu fiel molde Bubble PocketsShorts da Heidi e transformei-o até me parecer estar parecido com os calções que eu tinha imaginado.
Estes acabam por ser calções bem simples, que se podem fazer a partir de qualquer outro molde básico. Para o forro corta-se o tecido como se fosse para um par de calções normais. Para o exterior acrescenta-se uns centímetros na largura e na altura. Cosem-se os calções separados. Franzem-se as pernas dos calções exteriores. Cosem-se as pernas dos calções interiores e exteriores umas as outras. Por fim acrescenta-se o cós. Nada mais fácil, não é?
E assim podem andar as duas irmãs de igual mas cada uma com o seu estilo!
PS - Estão 42ºC em Lisboa e foi impossivel convencer a usar uma t-shirt na sessão fotográfica...
This year's edition of "Shortson the Line" at Imagine Gnats blog is getting to an end so today is the perfect day to show you a
new pair of shorts!
This spring I had the pleasure of testing the Bubble Dress Pattern by An fromThe Straight Grain. I made a dress in pink and white stripped seersucker for Teresa that she loved (take a look here!). I wanted to sew another one for Inês but I didn´t have enough fabric so I decided to make her a pair of shorts. Bubble Shorts, of course!
Since I don’t have a basic shorts pattern I really like (it seems to me that I will not resist Dana’s new shorts pattern...), I got my hands on my trusty Bubble Pockets Shorts Pattern by Heidi from Elegance and Elephants and turned it up into the shorts I had imagined.
These shorts turned out to be very simple to sew! You can make them with any other basic shorts pattern. For the lining pieces just cut the fabric as you would do for a regular pair of shorts. For the outer pieces add up a few inches in width and height to the original pattern. Start by sewing both shorts separately. Gather the outer shorts legs’ hem until they have the same diameter as the lining shorts and then sew legs’ hems togheter. Finally add up the waistband. It could not be easier, could it?
This way I can dress Teresa and Ines alike but they can both have their own style!
This spring I had the pleasure of testing the Bubble Dress Pattern by An fromThe Straight Grain. I made a dress in pink and white stripped seersucker for Teresa that she loved (take a look here!). I wanted to sew another one for Inês but I didn´t have enough fabric so I decided to make her a pair of shorts. Bubble Shorts, of course!
Since I don’t have a basic shorts pattern I really like (it seems to me that I will not resist Dana’s new shorts pattern...), I got my hands on my trusty Bubble Pockets Shorts Pattern by Heidi from Elegance and Elephants and turned it up into the shorts I had imagined.
These shorts turned out to be very simple to sew! You can make them with any other basic shorts pattern. For the lining pieces just cut the fabric as you would do for a regular pair of shorts. For the outer pieces add up a few inches in width and height to the original pattern. Start by sewing both shorts separately. Gather the outer shorts legs’ hem until they have the same diameter as the lining shorts and then sew legs’ hems togheter. Finally add up the waistband. It could not be easier, could it?
This way I can dress Teresa and Ines alike but they can both have their own style!
PS - It has been 42ºC in Lisbon for the past few days and I could not convince Ines to put on a shirt for the photo-shoot...
Oh so sweet!!!
ResponderEliminarvery clever these bubble shorts!
ResponderEliminarand 42 degrees C is very hot ~ hoping you are staying cool.
Oh, these are fantastic! Love the fabric, it makes for perfect bubble apparel! I will have to try this little method out, as I do love a pair of bubble shorts on little legs. Your girls are adorable :)
ResponderEliminarGiros, giros Marta! (e que bela ideia a dela - por aqui faz-se o mesmo ...)
ResponderEliminarElas são mesmo o máximo!!
Ficaram super fofos, e que giras a combinar mas sem estarem de igual (ah! e que bela ideia a da melancia no palito, acho que a minha piolhita ia adorar! hehe)
ResponderEliminarFicaram giríssimos, a Inês parece um D. Sebastião muito giro e veranil!
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