These are test garments only -- just to send off to the models so they can check the fit -- we have their measurements ... or what their measurements were on the day they were taken. Having these test garments at their end will assure us that the measurements are still valid. They can try them on and know that they have to STAY those measurements at least until the end of September.
Of course that will be more difficult with a 4 y.o. girl -- we all know kids have growth spurts so I will wait to sew her actual garments until early September.
These are simple little sleeveless blouses to be worn under their real cardiwraps (tests previously posted). The real fabrics are much prettier -- I promise! The little girl will be wearing a lavender color palette and the blouse will be a nice muted batik with a fun fluffy knit for the cardiwrap. The young adult will be wearing a buttery yellow solid in a nice challis for the blouse and the cardiwrap is a bold red/orange/brown print (bold in intensity of color, not size of print) that is a fluid fabric, semisheer. More about the skirts below.
The little girl's skirt is going to be from a pretty lavender wool with a 2" pleated ruffle around the bottom. The other is from the same yellow fabric as the top and it will have great draping. You can see that the hemline slopes (intentionally) from front to back and it will be finished off with a 5" ruffle. I bought a new ruffler attachment for my Janome 6600 just to do these ruffles.
Watch for pictures of the real garments -- but not til sometime in August/September
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