Purl Jumper

Baby girl is officially 100 days old! And while I'm not quite ready to return to work (I've only made like 1 sock monkey, and it's not even posted yet 😅) I have started to do some sewing again ☺️

This week I tried a free pattern from Purl Soho https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2014/01/19/corinnes-thread-fleece-baby-jumpsuit/

Which, totally turned out even though I didn't follow directions and kinda did my own thing.

I also apologize for not taking step by step pictures this time, I can only sew during naps, I'm in such a rush I don't really get a lot of pics of my work.

I started by printing Purl's pattern and taping the thing together. On her post she shows you how to make it bigger to better fit your baby I didn't do that, I just went with the original size because I didn't measure my baby, and the fabric I'm using is a two way stretch.

This is a very soft two way stretch fabric I found at Joann's (😭 RIP) I saw it one day and thought, I bet that would make great pajamas. I then proceeded to make myself pajamas and you know what. I was right, it makes great pajamas. So great I also made my mom and both my sisters their own set.

Anyways I had maybe 3/4 worth of scrap yardage laying around and Conchita needs more jammies as I only have 3 flannel sets and it's been so cold 🥶 I thought if I could make a couple more I wouldn't have to wash as often. And my husband says I have to use the fabric I already have before I buy more, he won't let me expand my stash, just maintain.

So I grabbed my scraps and the Purl Soho pattern and pieced it out to fit my fabric. This fabric has a pile which you usually want going in the same direction, unfortunately I didn't have enough fabric so the pile is all over the place.

Sewing Vocabulary

Pile : Pile fabrics are characterised by the tufts or loops of fibres or yarns that stand up from the base fabric. Pile fabrics exist in many forms such as velvet, terry towel, chenille and perhaps most commonly, pile carpets.

I like this pattern because its simple I went with a 1/2 in seam allowance, and started by sewing in the gusset on the bum. Then sewed the front to back at shoulders. I hemed the sleeves then sewed front to back at the sides and hemmed the legs. Because I was working with scraps I didn't have enough fabric for a facing, so I just a cut 1 1/2 inch binding out of the fabric and used that instead.

Then I sewed front to back at the inseam overlapping my facings creating this cross body look.

And finally used snaps to keep everything closed, I found these neat snaps on Amazon https://amzn.to/3FuA7pF they're a little big but I liked them, I used three.

Since I still don't have my serger all my seams are raw which is fine because this fabric doesn't fray. But I still wanted to run it through the wash one time before trying it on my little one. Just so any fuzzies will come off. I hope it fits her!

And here she is my little princess 🥰

For the most part I like the pattern, but if I were to do it again I'd probably just serge the whole thing. And I'm not crazy about sewing the crotch closed. I'll definitely binding the whole thing next time and put snaps in the crotch, just so it's easier to change that diaper.

Well there you have it, I'd say this pattern is perfect for beginners as it's pretty straight forward and is only 4 pieces! Great for new moms just learning to sew! I promise to make amoth one in the future with my personal suggested alterations.

It you have a chance visit Purl Soho and give her some love!!!

Happy sewing, see you next month!!!