Very Peri Pantone Party – what’s better than rhyme with alliteration thrown in for some extra fun? How about one of my most favorite colors ever – periwinkle!!
I knew both girls would love this color, but they are – alas – growing up and preferring more mature schemes in their clothes. When I began searching for periwinkle fabrics, this beautiful floral was among the first and I couldn’t let it go. There were coordinates in the line that allowed me to pick up other colors in the design which made my choices much easier.
Arden is in middle school and really likes minty greens, so I pulled the mint color out for the joggers I made her. Hadley loves all things purple and pink so I kept to the periwinkles for her dress. All the fabrics for their clothing are from Hawthorne Supply Co. from the Indy Bloom Periwinkle Blossoms collection. The woven linen for the bag is also from Hawthorne Supply Co.
One of my favorite features of ordering from Hawthorne Supply Co. is that for their in-house prints you can choose the substrate. All of the knits I had printed on Robert Kaufman Laguna jersey knit. You can also choose different jerseys, or linen, poplin, or canvas.
The patterns I used all received some slight modifications – some for fitting my leggy and long-armed daughter, and some for stylistic preferences. Arden is wearing the Waves & Wild Adventurer Raglan and Suco By Susana Jingle Joggers. I’ll be honest – I wasn’t sure if I loved everything together when I had it sewn and hanging up, but I think it really works! She looks so comfy and relaxed, and she loves that there is length to spare.
I lengthened the sleeves of the Adventurer Raglan by 1.5″ and the inseam of the Jingle Joggers by 2″ – 1″ above and below the knee. This gives her a little room for growing and she’s always excited when things are a little long since almost everything store bought is too short.
The main change I made to the Adventurer Raglan besides the length was making a split banded hem instead of the regular band. I had a moment of panic when I realized just cutting two pieces wouldn’t work because the pattern had the band gather in the bottom a fair bit and I didn’t want it to pull the split apart so much. I didn’t have enough of the solid periwinkle to cut two new bands, but I did have enough to cut one longer piece. So I made the smaller band fit in between the pocket and the longer band come around to meet it. I love how this turned out, as it almost looks like a walking vent and accentuates the pocket openings. On that – how cool are these oval pocket openings for the hidden kangaroo pocket? Arden wanted to try to put one of our cats in there, but I think the openings are not quite cat-sized!
On the Jingle Joggers, I sewed the pockets in place to the front with a reverse coverstitch. I started doing this on my own joggers years ago and I really like how they keep the front of this pocket style from bunching up or pulling out at the hip. And I think it adds a fun detail.
This picture also shows the placket on her right shoulder. The pattern has options for single or double openings – or none, and a cool split collar. Arden is particular about necklines, so I kept it simple with one opening and even found a close match in my Kamsnap collection.
I also made a Book Bag to go along with all the Periwinkle fun! This is a free pattern that I designed. It’s such a fast sew and perfect for having some fun with embellishment. I used my Silhouette to cut a graphic representing the Pantone color card for Very Peri from heat transfer vinyl.
For Hadley I made a Modkid Aubrey. I chose the long sleeve option and this also has a kangaroo pocket secreted into the curves of the front of the dress.
I really like the opportunity to color block the different sections of the pattern. I had originally planned the center panel to be the solid and the sides the floral, but I didn’t order quite enough of the solid to make the length. The sleeves are a tiny grid or gingham in periwinkle on white. See how you don’t even see the pockets – love that!
For Hadley’s dress, I also modified the pattern a little to give her some extra room through the middle. She also appreciates the bit of extra swing in the dress this gives. All I did was place the center panels at an angle with the neckline at the fold and the hem about 3″ away. I also needed to reflect this adjustment in the pocket pieces so they would span the front. Both easy enough to manage and I like how it turned out.
I hope you enjoyed our interpretation of Very Peri for this years’ Project Run & Play Pantone Party. Be sure to check out the rest of the participants and if you’ve sewn anything periwinkle-y, be sure to join the linkup for a chance to win some prizes.
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