Duck Butt Designs – BritishFarmWifeInTraining

Day 5 of Kid’s Clothes Week!

March 25, 2017March 26, 2017Posted in Kids ClothesTagged British Farm Wife In Training, BritishFarmWifeInTraining, Duck Butt Designs, Friday, hootley hoodie, kids clothes week, Kiss my stash fabric co6 Comments

Morning Insert:

Happy Friday!

As I sit here at 6:51am, I hear Little Mister A stirring and talking to himself…. so this might not be a good day for me after all….

I just realized I never posted any pictures of the Comfy Cowl I finished. I only have one flat lay right now…. I’ll try to get a modeled shot or two this afternoon to post.

So let’s work out a game plan for today:

Sew up some Speedy Pants
Flay lay pictures of the Speedy Pants (if they get finished in time)
Flat lay pictures of the Hootley Hoodie
Modeled pictures of the Comfy Cowl

I think that is do able!

My morning coffee is done so I better start at it!

I’ll check back in later this afternoon!

Afternoon Insert:

…………

Well I managed to get a few flat lays done while Little Mister A napped……

But then he woke up as I sewed the side seams up of my Speedy Pants…..

Four pairs in the making…..

On hold…..

Little Mister A was a grumpy, teething bear all afternoon….

Evening Insert:

Well at least I got ONE thing on my to do list done today.

I failed at the “1 hour” of sewing though. In total I think I was behind my machine for 30minutes….

But I also took flat lays…

And went to the thrift store to purchase some shirts and sheets to upcycled…

So that counts right?!

Day 4 of Kids Clothes Week

March 24, 2017March 26, 2017Posted in Kids ClothesTagged British Farm Wife In Training, BritishFarmWifeInTraining, Duck Butt Designs, hootley hoodie, kids clothes week, Kiss my stash fabric co6 Comments

For a while there I was starting to doubt if I was going to be able to pull off the 7 items in 7 days thing….

But so far I am 4 for 4!

And my two most difficult, time consuming projects are behind me!

After a good nights sleep I was able to dive into today’s project with a new gusto!

It took a while to pick out my fabrics for my Hootley Hoodie by Duck Butt Designs – the color blocking left me with so many choices available!

(I’m thrilled with the finished product, so obviously I made the right choices!)

I sewed all morning, and took photos all afternoon.

Its getting late here so I am just going to leave you with some pictures for today and hopefully I can put a better post together tomorrow.

Hey, life happens – right?!?!

(Pst! Go check out the awesome nautical fabric on preorder from Kiss My Stash Fabric Co – open till April 1!)

Kleefeld Honey Festival

March 13, 2017March 13, 2017Posted in SewingTagged Duck Butt Designs, kleefeld honey festival, knit, land of milk and honey, MCC, Roller coaster tee, thrift store, upcycle, wovenLeave a comment

When I think of it, I like to pop into local thrifts stores.

Heck – sometimes I make a day of it!

I’m pretty sure we called it an MCC marathon last time when my friend and I hit up the three MCC stores that are within a 20minute radius of my house.

A couple months ago when I was there I found an adult size small volunteer shirt for the Kleefeld Honey Festival (our towns annual summer festival).

Right away my head starting spinning on how I could make it toddler sized for my son to wear this summer!

I let the shirt sit in my “upcycle” heap for a few weeks before I dove in.

Since there were some stains on the shirt I couldn’t get a full panel out of it so the Roller Coaster Tee from Duck Butt Designs was perfect for the color blocking. (Can you tell that I LOVE this pattern?!) And in the end I still had to cover a few stains with some “patches”.

The black fabric was also from an upcycled t-shirt bought on the same MCC trip. I haven’t figured out how I want to use that panel yet – so stay tuned!

Since Kleefeld is the Land of Milk and Honey, it was only fitting to used some gorgeous milk bottle cotton that I recently picked up…… somewhere online! (I blame mommy brain) And added a cute little milk bottle applique on the back! The Cream knit and Wink Orange fabric were both from the Fabric Snob when they were having their boxing day sales.

I am so over the moon thrilled with how this shirt came out!

It is totally what I had envisioned in my head!

It is a 2T size, so it will definitely fit Little Mister A this summer, and maybe even next summer if I am lucky!

I will be sure to get some pictures on him at the festival this summer and do another post but I just couldn’t wait to share this cuteness!!

P.S. Adding the cotton to the front panel of the RCT was a breeze! It definitely works better than using the cotton for the top/back panel like I did a few weeks ago!

Roller Coast Tee by Duck Butt Designs

February 7, 2017Posted in SewingTagged cotton, Duck Butt Designs, knit, little mister A, packet, Roller coaster tee, woven2 Comments

I got this fantastic farm fabric from the Fabric Snob on sale last week!

Problem: its cotton woven and I wanted to use it for a shirt….

In the past I had asked around and a few people had reassured me that can CAN use a woven fabric for the FRONT.AND.BACK. of a raglan shirt.

Perfect! I thought.

So I grabbed my copy of the RCT (I love me some color blocking!) and grabbed some matching solid knits. The royal blue is also from the Fabric Snob, the green and brown are upcycled from old shirts, and the grey is some left over cotton from another project.

The shirt more of less came together quickly, and just as easily as when I had used all knit, until…….

I was practically done. All that was left was to add the neck band.

Nope. That head hole would NEVER be big enough….

“So why not try to add a packet with snaps?” I thought.

I found this tutorial here and figured I had nothing to loose. How hard could it be?

HARD!

If you don’t look on the inside…. it turned out alright. I definitely need some more practice with packets (this was my second attempt at one ever).

When Little Mister A woke up from his nap I slipped it on his for a few quick model shots! I think it works but next time I think I will just save the woven cotton for the pocket panel that doesn’t require much stretch!!

The Promise by Duck Butt Designs

January 29, 2017Posted in SewingTagged Duck Butt Designs, Sewing, shirt, The Promise, top, women'sLeave a comment

I saw this pattern and fell in love with it – The Promise.

It would cover my wobbly bits. And would be very nursing friendly in the future! (I love multi purpose tops)

I had never REALLY sewed anything for myself before (minus a few pairs of NOT.SO.GREAT. pajama pants….).

But I had been sewing a few successful projects for Little Mister A, so…

When, at a little, local, hole in the wall fabric shop (literally in a ladies garage) I found the PERFECT grey fabric – and it was on sale – I just HAD to buy it! Honestly, I have no idea what kind of fabric this is. It is slinky and flowy, and has great recovery.

I bought two meters.

Got home and bought The Promise pattern.

Requirements: 3 yards…..

Crap.

I fished through my stash of fabric and came up empty handed for any knit fabric that would match. But I did find some gorgeous floral woven apparel fabric I had bought a few months prior to make a top.

After a quick ask on the DBD Facebook help page, the designer – Katie Anne Cook Wilson, confirmed that she thought making the Promise with a woven back was doable.

PHEW!

From there is was smooth sailing! The top came together quickly and I am so happy I did the floral backing. It has become one of my favorite tops to wear.

(The only other modification I made to the pattern was that I followed the hack to make into a pull over shirt without the side snaps.)