Haven Acres Blouse

So, I have been so busy working on the Haven Acres Mini Collection that I haven’t had much time for sewing, much less blogging. But I really wanted to participate in Kids Clothes Week, so I managed to pull together a Haven Acres Blouse in a couple of hours’ worth of sewing.

This is the long sleeve version – duh, right?  We’ve come up with several ways to close the keyhole and this is the version where you extend the neckline bias by 6″ and then tie in a bow.  The other ways are with an elastic loop, or a sewn button loop.  On the smaller sizes (newborn through 18-24M), there’s a placket down the bodice back so the keyhole can even be spanned with the bias and then a decorative bow sewn on.

The fabric is a silky Art Gallery voile (I cannot say that now without picturing Ainsley saying “voil” now – check out the video on The Daily Seam here.) that I picked up at Rock Paper Scissors, my new local fabric haven.  There’s elastic at the wrist and waist to gently gather the blouse.

This is the first time I’ve taken photos for the blog inside our new home, and I haven’t really figured out all the best spots to get photos (read my series about scouting your house).  This banquette area in our kitchen is perfect though, right?

Hadley is also wearing one of the early prototype Dressage Leggings.  The twin needle went a little wonky and there’s yellow paint down the side and a hole in one knee.  But isn’t that what we want when we sew for our kids – that they love them so much that they wear them first thing after a trip through the wash?

Hopefully I’ll be able to sew a little more during Kids Clothes Week.  I love, love, love the refashion theme and I’d like to try to pull something out for that!  The Haven Acres Mini Collection will be releasing this weekend – watch for it!