Sailor Suits (Free Sailor Blouse Pattern)

Nothing says 'classy magical girl' like sailor suits

The last batch of sewing turn out these two little sailor suits for Sam and Nellie.  Aren't they cute?

Sam's outfit was made from the free sailor suit pattern by JenWrenne in the style of a Japanese school uniform.  The top is made from white linen and the collar, cuffs, and skirt are from a navy linen.  I used 1/8" ribbon to trim the collar and cuffs.  If you're using the contrast cuffs, reduce the length of the sleeve by 0.5" to 0.75".

Nellie's two piece suit was of my own design with a sailor blouse over a pleated skirt with an attached undershirt.  I was going with a more traditional 1900s play outfit with this.  The tunic and skirt are made from a light blue check suiting.  The undershirt, collar, and cuffs are from white linen.  The pattern for the sailor blouse is here.  It includes the tunic and the collar.  Use the sleeves that come with Samantha's Christmas Dress here.  Sorry, no instructions this time.

Hiatus

I had some posts planned about a new free sailor suit pattern and a photoshoot with the retro diner.  And then the camera broke.

So this is going to be delayed until I either figure out how to take good pictures with my phone or get a new camera.

Kana's Beach Vacation

Federal Point, NC

The friendly alligator at the NC Cape Fear Aquarium

Carolina Beach, NC

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

Arlie Gardens, Wilmington, NC 

Wilmington, NC boardwalk with the battleship North Carolina
in the distance

Kana's Easter Goodies (Free Printables)

Kana here.  We (the human and myself) are about to go to the beach for a week.  I've been there before, but this year, the human was too busy to make me an entire new wardrobe for the trip.  I'll have to make do with (horror of horrors) last season's dresses.

However, we have had enough time to make some cute Easter printables, with two little coloring/activity books, a bunny box, a tiny basket, and some coloring pages.  The baskets work best if you print them on cardstock.

Easter Printables

Instead of new clothes, there's all the spring themed truffles that I could possibly want.

For the record, the human is no longer allowed to play silly constraint games when packaging my candy into boxes.  It took her forever last time.  I think at the beach, we're going to make some beach themed candy for me.

And of course we made more chocolate mice.  Maybe next time we'll do chocolate frogs?