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I managed to get a photo of my son wearing his Retrobug pants and shirt, so here comes the promised action picture. He wore them to the kindergarden today without a diaper and stayed dry all day long. Soon we can skip the diapers for good! Yes! So, now I just have to get busy making more underpants for the little man. :)
A friend of mine is having a babygirl in few weeks time. I am sure they have received lots of pink presents so I decided to make something bit more colourful for the soon to be born baby. This Retrobug outfit is for the little one for the warm summer days. The soft jersey fits nicely for little baby’s clothing. Small dress for a small girl and pants to fit the outfit. Perfect for a little retro princess ;)
My son has been potty training for last few weeks and it is finally paying off. He seems to have figured out that it is so much more comfortable without the diaper. So, nowadays he just wants to wear underpants and nothing else. Good thing it is summer so he won’t catch a cold running half naked around the house. Of course accidents happen occasionally and therefore we wash a lot of undies. It is also handy to have a full stock of underpants so the boy don’t have to run naked around here. To fill up the stock, I made few sets of underwear for him. I wanted to try this Retrobug jersey I ordered before, since it is so nice and soft and therefore perfect for underwear.
I must say I like how it turned out. Yellow ribs give the bug fabric a nice contrast and the pants look so retro! I took the pattern for the pants from an old pair of undies from the 70s. I managed to finish the set just before the little guy went to sleep so we only did a quick try on. The set seemed to fit pretty nicely though. Action pictures will follow later. ;)
Look at this little Alex boy! Such a cutie pie with his Hedgehog car shirt. Thank you Alex’s auntie for sending the picture to me. It is always so nice to see little Retrobugs in action. :)
p.s. Remember to try the Summer Skirt Tutorial and tell me what you think! :)
Have a good week,
It is finally up and running! The Summer Skirt Tutorial is now available under the Tutorials button in the sidebar. The tutorial is for a skirt size 2-3yrs old but there are also advice how to change the measurements for adult size skirt. I hope the tutorial is useful and clear, so if there are questions or feedback please leave a comment or send me email. I would like to develop the tutorials as useful as possible for people in all levels of knowledge in sewing. So, go and try out the Summer Skirt Tutorial and let me know how your skirts turned out!
p.s. I would love to hear what kind of tutorials you are interested in. Bags, pouches, accessories or maybe Huggables? I was thinking of making a tutorial of the Hedgehog Huggables I made a while ago. What do you think? …
The holiday is over and we are back at home. Oh my it was lovely to spend some time off and enjoy the sun and even the rain. But it sure is great to be back at home as well. And even more lovely it was to find an exciting parcel waiting for me at home.
I ordered some fabrics a while ago with my Retrobug logos in them and they had finally arrived! I am so excited. I ordered some organic cotton knit as well as thin cotton lawn. I am going to start experimenting with them right away. I think I’ll make some kid’s shirts from the cotton knit and a some dresses from the cotton to start with. I just can’t wait to see how they turn out to be!
p.s. There will be a Summer Skirt Tutorial coming up in next few days, as soon as I get it finished. ;) So stay tuned!
I have added a pile of trousers to Retrobug Shop. There are trousers in all possible cool retro fabrics and in several sizes. They are great for the summer as they are nice and thin and with the rib on the ankles you can wear them as capri pants as well. My son would wear nothing else these days :D Here’s few of them. 
Check out the rest in the Retrobug Shop. ;)
Wuhuu! I have finally added all the new Retrobug stuff to the Retrobug Shop! There are now also new products available as well as possibility to order custom made dresses, trousers and skirts in fabric of your choice. Go and have a peak!
My new favourites are these skirts. They are so easy to make and so colourful and cute. Since they are so easy to make and the pattern is very simple, I was wondering if people would be interested in Tutorial of the skirt of this type? The great thing about this skirt is, that you can combine fabrics and colours endlessly to your liking. You can add a pocket or an applique or leave it to the basics. Only the sky is the limit. So, what do you think? Wanna try a Summer Skirt Tutorial? ;)
Have a sunny Weekend,
Here’s one of the dresses that will be in the Retrobug shop. Since I love those bunnies so much, I appliqued one on this brown dress. I think she fits nicely to this spotted dress. The bunny dresses were a hit on the Summer Market last weekend. This one is the only one left of the appliqued Bunny dresses. I have to start making some more. ;) And maybe some skirts too.. More of those in the next post.
Greetings from holiday. I have been enjoying my time last few weeks. We had a wonderful weekend at the Lappeenranta Summer Market. Although it was rainy at times, there were plenty of people and lots to see. Thanks for everyone visiting our booth. It was nice to meet you all in person. :)
I’ve stayed away from the sewing machine last few days. I have just visited flee markets searching for new fabrics and ideas. It has been lovely! Now I am starting to look forward of getting back at making stuff. I will also add lot of dresses, skirts and trousers to the Retrobug Shop in next few days when I get to upload the pictures. Here are some of the dresses that will arrive to the shop.
Happy Summer everyone,
