While I wish that summer would last a few more months (or all year), my daughter is ready for cooler weather. When the chance to participate in the Project Run and Play Fall Favorites event, I knew she would be a willing model. I love plaids, despite my personal challenges in pattern matching, so I loved the idea of partnering with Cali Fabrics for the week one theme: Plaids. The Project Run and Play shop has a ton of fun options for fall wardrobe planning but rather than give my ten year old daughter free rein to choose whatever she wanted (she'd probably still be browsing now and trying to decide), I narrowed it down to a few patterns and let her have her pick. She quickly picked the Cedar Coat . I had a feeling this might be her choice because she's been very jealous of the Sofiona Limestone jacket I made myself last year and wanted one for herself but it's not available in girls' sizing. The curved hem and belt of the Cedar looked close enough to make her happy u
My youngest daughter announced that she’d decided she wanted to be a pirate with her friends for Halloween and I couldn’t be happier. It also happened to coordinate perfectly with the Peony’s tester call for Character Week (an annual tradition that works well timing-wise since Halloween/trick or treat isn’t such a big thing in Australia from my understanding, but we still get the pattern sales). We did the pirate thing years ago when my oldest was in preschool. Even my husband, who must be Australian at heart because he doesn’t dress up either, was willing to get in on it (just kidding—he’s 6’10” and doesn’t need costumes to draw extra attention to himself and also, they don’t fit him). Of course this meant I had to make him a custom ruffly shirt. It was totally worth it because we looked amazing of course. Since that was all before Juliet was born, I was happy to get to create a pirate costume for her. She wanted me to also make costumes for all of her neighborhood friends, but si