{"id":36309,"date":"2017-02-12T15:17:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T22:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=36309"},"modified":"2017-02-12T15:17:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T22:17:03","slug":"sew-simple-toddler-peasant-blouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/sew-simple-toddler-peasant-blouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Sew Simple Toddler Peasant Blouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sew<\/a>I kept quite a lot of my mom’s clothing because<\/strong> I thought it would be nice to up-cycle it into clothes for my grandkids, as a way to tell them stories about their great-grandma. I know my mom would have been pleased with the idea, and who knows? Maybe she catches glimpses<\/a><\/span> of it and smiles?<\/p>\n

So it was, that when my granddaughter came for the day and promptly splattered her only shirt with maple syrup (yum, those pancakes!<\/a><\/span>), that I thought it would be more pleasant to sew up a simple shirt than make a trip to Walmart.<\/p>\n

Almost any fabric will work<\/h4>\n

I picked out a turtle neck of my mom’s from the bin. The fabric was a sumptuous knit, very soft and flowing. Being that it was the middle of winter, with a couple feet of snow on the ground, this seemed a good choice.<\/p>\n

A simple pattern<\/h4>\n

Finding a pattern that suited was a little harder. Sure, I have lots of patterns, but nothing seemed quite right. I also tried looking at a book I have for making easy kids clothing patterns, but much to my dismay found that the instructions do not include important details. Happily, an internet search led me to thestitchingscientist.com, where she has a free peasant shirt pattern<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

A video to help, well, visualize what I did!<\/h4>\n

In my video below, I show how I made this size 4 toddler peasant blouse. Part of the time my granddaughter was on my lap while I was sewing, so she potentially learned something. If nothing else, she will have an idea of where clothes come from.<\/p>\n