finished the asian inspired wrap top [pics]

Spectacular! I really like the alteration you made adding additional gold to the upper and lower parts of the top. Well done!

That is so beautiful. You're a great dad and she's a very lucky little girl.Great work. Juno

ooh, pretty!

So what are you going to make for him? ;)

Wow! That is beautiful! Nice work!

I can only say with the rest of the crew: Very nice! And satin and bias binding! Chapeau! (Now I know that satin is a successful cooperation of heaven and hell; tempts your vanity with its beauty and at the same time punishes you with trickiness.)

U. ;-)

Very nice work!!! And good job helping get another generation addicted to fabrics. ;)

Sharon

Oh, and an idea for your son

I've used those directions before. The directions used to be on another website. Really pretty easy to follow. And hakama are way cool to play around in. ;)

Sharon

The shirt is beautiful; no doubt the child will be very proud to wear it, because she can say, "I helped Daddy make it."

Two summers ago, I made one DGD a poncho of fleece and allowed her to pick the rick-rack to put around the edge. When she wore it to school, she told her friends that her Gramma could ake each one of them one, but they had to choose the rick-rack . Luckily, one one of them wanted me to make her one; her Mom sews so she asked it she could use the pattern.

It wasn't a pattern, just directions in a sewing book, I found at Half-Price Books, so she found her own copy. They live in SC and I am in TX. The girls wore them to school almost all year, when it was cold.

-- Emily

Very nice! Yours is not constructed as cheaply as the ones you looked at for inspiration.

--Betsy

That is just gorgeous, I bet it gets worn a lot more.

Well done!

Lizzy

Robb this is Famtastic ,,, Well done thank for sharing the photo mirjam

[aww, i am blushing and gushing ]

Thanks for the replies.

You all are much too kind.

I appreciate the encouragement, your time and all the sharring you all do here in A.S.

thanks, robb

Thanks Beverly, I wanted to use a gold brocade trim but had no time and i already had the gold satin. It was a litle plain but it seemed to work well. robb

Thanks Kate,

Well he had decided on a simple kung foo suit ... but the hakama that Sharon suggested would be interesting/fun robb

her to pick

school, she told

they had to

make her one;

at Half-Price

TX. The

Thanks Emily,

You are correct, she does talk about helping make it.

It always amazes me how some of the simplest things get the kids excited and engaged.

Just yesterday i sewed some circa 1970s pink and green peony flower duck cloth to the bottom/soles of my 3 year olds green fairy outfit *fairy shoes* ... why ? because she knew they had holes and she found the fabric in a scrap box and asked if we could do that. She was so excited twirling around and showing mommy when she returned and told her how we fixed the shoes and what we did.

we have not experienced the volunteering me to do it yet but it will no doubt follow soon.

robb

Make the suit in black and white then he could be a kung fu panda. lol He might need a hat like this:

(that's my DD under there.) Hakama aren't as hard as they first look. And if you use a solid fabric, you don't have the matching to do on the pleats (like Beverly's DGD's kilt!) If you do them, I do suggest topstitching the pleats from the waist to the hip line or thereabouts. (I do to the level where they are open on the sides.) Then edgestitching the pleats from there down. That makes it a lot easier to press later on. And since I make them for my DBIL to wear while teaching his aikido classes, ease in care is a good thing. (I also made a pair for DS for a Halloween costume on year. They are about capri pant length now on him. But they are so comfy he wears them around the house to lounge in. lol)

Sharon

and bias

cooperation of

same time

Thanks U., I was duly tricked and punished :} but "making the muslin" [my necessary amateur mantra] helped as it was difficult with the cotton i expected the satin and brocade to give even more trouble [the muslin pics were added to the project photos]

thanks, robb

another

cool to play

just annoys the

Thanks Sharon,

and thanks for the hakama tutorial, those will certainly be fun for my older one especially since he has entered a stage of kicking jumping spinning karate ninja jester. I may need a straight jacket pattern soon.

thanks again robb