{"id":3447,"date":"2009-11-01T23:00:35","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T04:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2011-05-14T00:37:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T04:37:24","slug":"thanksgiving-brothersister-outfits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/01\/thanksgiving-brothersister-outfits\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair of Pumpkins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As we move into November, with Halloween and all\u00c2\u00a0 the hoopla associated with that frenetic event, I am busy making Thanksgiving outfits for Laurel, Robert and little Alastair. This is the first time I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had three little ones to sew for.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I am really looking forward to seeing them all together, sharing DNA,\u00c2\u00a0 matching outfits and family fun.<\/p>\n

The children love to participate in\u00c2\u00a0dinner preparations and at 2 and\u00c2\u00a03 years old, Robert and Laurel had limited opportunities\u00c2\u00a0to do anything more than\u00c2\u00a0get burned.\u00c2\u00a0 So they handled the Sister Schubert rolls, painting them generously and sloppily with melted honey butter.\u00c2\u00a0Two years ago, Robert and Laurel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s garments were made of green pima cotton, self\u00c2\u00a0 lined and appliqu\u00c3\u00a9d with a monogrammed pumpkin pocket. Robert has always been enamored of pockets so making a free standing pumpkin appliqu\u00c3\u00a9 was a design element I knew would appeal to him.\u00c2\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As I do so often, I resorted to the jumper and Jon-Jon patterns in the Martha Pullen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s book, Martha\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Favorite Appliqu\u00c3\u00a9s<\/em>. The large buttons were chosen for the strong pop of color and their playful look.<\/p>\n

Easy care is an important part of the garment design process.\u00c2\u00a0 As you can see in the photo below, after dinner and before laundering, \u00c2\u00a0Robert’s outfit required significant pre-treatment.\u00c2\u00a0 Realistically, I knew these outfits would be worn no more than a few times, so neither their mother nor\u00c2\u00a0I \u00c2\u00a0gave much thought to stains.<\/p>\n

I try to make the children’s table as festive as the adult table.\u00c2\u00a0 They always enjoy their special\u00c2\u00a0decorations and in years to come might notice that they, too, have a linen table cloth and napkins.<\/p>\n

Have you made matching outfits for siblings and cousins? Do you do it for holidays or family pictures? My grandchildren now range in size from 12 months to 5.\u00c2\u00a0 This year, fabric is about the only thing that ties them together, as two will have machine embroidery and one smocking.\u00c2\u00a0 What patterns have you used for this wide size range?\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m always curious about what others have sewn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we move into November, with Halloween and all\u00c2\u00a0 the hoopla associated with that frenetic event, I am busy making Thanksgiving outfits for Laurel, Robert and little Alastair. This is the first time I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had three little ones to sew … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,22,8,43,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3447"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13362,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447\/revisions\/13362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}