Spring Is In The Air

If you have followed me for very long, you know that three of my favorite pattern designers are LilyGiggle, Brownie-Goose, and Mouse House Creations.  Brownie-Goose is what inspired me to begin this fun adventure in the boutique world; LilyGiggle taught me to sew with knits, and Mouse House Creations always takes me back to my old school roots with her great techniques. I thought it might be fun to take some patterns from all three designers and pair them together for a photo shoot. I started looking for fabric and came across a few lines that I really loved from the very talented Bonnie Christine of Art Gallery Fabrics. I really loved the Winged Collection and thought it would be perfect for a spring photo shoot.

The first outfit I made was the Lillian Pintucked Top from Mouse House Creations. I love the bodice detail on this top. If you have never done pintucks before, don't let them intimidate you. They are really quite easy. Hayley has great directions in her patterns and if you aren't half asleep when you are sewing, you won't even sew them in backwards. Yeah, I have this *ahem* friend--- she was drinking coffee and sewing late at night and had to take out her pintucks. I told her not to sew when she was tired. She never listens. 

I love the vintage look of this top. This fabric was so perfect for this pattern, like a match made in heaven. The back has a small key whole opening with a bias trim tie. 

This pattern seems to be very time consuming with the details and the bias neck binding, but it was actually a very quick sew. I enjoyed making it and loved the end result. This pattern also comes in dress length and I plan on making one soon. I paired this top with the Ring of Ruffle Pants from LilyGiggle in capri length. 

This pants pattern comes in full, capri, and shorts lengths. They are a very quick sew and this pattern has some great tips for gathering those ruffles quickly. You can get creative with these pants and add as many or as few ruffles as you want. Isn't that knit so pretty? I'm seriously thinking about making myself a top for summer with it.

Next up is a darling set featuring the Seaside Shorts from Brownie-Goose. For some insane reason, I've had this pattern since it was published but have never made it. I assure you I will be making these in many colors for my daughter's summer wardrobe. I love that they are a little 

different that just plain ole' shorts. 

These shorts have a cute bias trim around the edges. You can make your own, which I did, or even use prepackaged bias trim. The pattern also has button options up the sides, but this fabric was so cute that I decided buttons may distract, so I left them off of this pair.

The Seaside pattern has a flat front/elastic back waist band option and also an option for the entire waist to be elastic. I choose the flat front option.  I think this outfit would be super cute on the beach with the ocean blue and coral colors. So pretty!  I paired these shorts with the Fiddlehead Flutter top from LilyGiggle. I love everything from LG, but this is probably my favorite pattern. I'm really obsessed with the sleeves. You will be too after you make one!

I do my flutter sleeves on my regular sewing machine for this top, but you can also do them on a serger. I really love quick and easy things when I'm sewing for my daughter and this top comes together in less than 45 minutes.The pattern includes long sleeve and 3/4 length sleeves as well as the sleeveless option. Great for the whole year! (P.S. There is also a sew-along to make it into a dress!!)

The last outfit I did for this shoot was the Cecille dress from LilyGiggle. The bodice is knit and I used this beautiful soft orange print from the Winged collection. The skirt is woven and the waist band can be made with either woven or knit. I chose to use a woven for my waistband. The waist band is also optional and can be totally left off if you choose.

I love this skirt fabric. I wish you could see it in person. The computer screen really

 doesn't do it justice. 

My favorite feature of this pattern is the sleeves. This pattern also has a long sleeve and 3/4 length version as well as the short sleeve, shown here. 

The Cecille pattern also comes in a peplum top option, which is really cute over some leggings or shorts for summer time. 

I hope you have enjoyed looking at these gorgeous fabrics from Art Gallery. I had a lot of fun working on these outfits. I hope this has inspired you to be creative and pair different patterns together to make your own creations. I had so many ideas for this collaboration from these three designers that I could have made several more outfits.  Check out all their great patterns and see what you can come up with! 

And here are a few more photos because my photographer really killed it,

 and we both have beautiful children.  :) 

Thank you MaddyEm Photography for the great photos!