help me with easy girl pattern?

I have set up a homemade gift exchange for my online mommys group and I gave myself a GIRL to make something for. I do mostly applique stuff on tshirts for my son and am just learning to sew, but I'm thinking I'd like to make her a simple top and applique it.

I was thinking something tunic-y? Or a little aline top might be relatively simple? Something with enough flat real estate to do a nice animal applique (the girl loves rhinos,so I'm considering a rhino).

Any suggestions?

thanks in advance.

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Beth In Alaska
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How about one of these:

Reply to
Kate XXXXXX

A simple 3-piece A-line jumper(1-piece front & 2-piece back with zipper up the back) with an animal or toy embroidered on the front would be a special gift for any little girl. Emily

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Emily Bengston

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Taria

My son had a shirt that had a vinyl thing sewn onto the shirt with little cowboy and indian toys sewn inside. It was his absolute favorite! I can imagine that little baby dolls or somethign sewn into a dress, jumper, or babydoll top would be equally welcomed by a little girl.

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Melinda Meahan - take out TRAS

The zipper up the back means that the girl couldn't dress herself, which might be a consideration. Personally, I avoid those like the plague.

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Pogonip

Taria, actually, I forgot to mention that this child appears to not wear dresses, only pants. but right now those long jumper/tunics over pants are in style!

Reply to
BethInAK

I was looking at this one last night - and thought it looked very cute and pretty easy. Is the lettuce edge difficult?

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BethInAK

That's a really nice top. The lettuce edge is easy. When you get to that point one of the better sewist's can explain it to you. I've done it on my serger but I'm not much good on explaining it. If have to sit and study the books first. If IRC it's tension adjustments. Juno

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Juno

Easiest on a serger... You just have to stretch the edge as you over-sew it on the machine.

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Kate XXXXXX

My manual explains it, I just hadn't tried it and wasnt' sure if it was a no brainer or if it took lots of practice.

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BethInAK

I'll practice on some scrap. I even have a couple of yards of knit lying around.

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BethInAK

Once you do it you realize how easy it is. I just haven't done it in awhile. Juno

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Juno

Very easy! And fun.

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Kate XXXXXX

I found that some knits don't like to be rolled, so just use an over-edge stitch rather than rolling if you find this is so. The lettucing works equally well. I did it this way on this shrug:

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Kate XXXXXX

That reminded me of one that DD had when she was little. It was a top and in the vinyl pockets were silk flowers. The top was a floral scatter print. The flowers inside the pockets matched in color. ;)

Sharon

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Emily Bengston

Thanks, Emily. I feel a lot better in many ways, though the fibro has been acting up summat chronic this year! Weird diets and snake oil to follow! ;)

I hope the velour stuff is useful to you. I wear that skirt a hell of a lot when it's cold: such a cozy feel to it! And there's more in the stash, in a sort of marled cocoa colour! :D

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Kate XXXXXX

I made myself a dusty rose velour skirt & vest several years ago and wore the heck out of it. This DD lives in FL, where it does get cold sometimes, and she loves brown. I intend to adapt McCall's 4078 to a robe and will embroider a yellow rose(Yellow Rose of TX) on the bodice as she likes roses. Emily

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Emily Bengston

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, thats very good to know.

nice shrug!!

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Beth In Alaska

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