What can you do with three yards of fabric? You can make three pair of Parker’s Pants, one Paulie, one Eleanor and a partridge in a pear tree! Seriously though; this is why I love fabric that is 60 inches wide. I ordered this fabric with the intention of making the Paulie and the Eleanor but quickly realized I had more than enough to whip up some Parker Pants. Admittedly; two of the pair are only a “size one” but you’ve got to agree, that was a nice little bonus.
I also ordered three yards of this plaid and made two long sleeved Johnny shirts with it. It is only 45 inches wide but matches the pique to perfection. I have a (not square) quarter yard of this left. Crazy the difference 15 inches of width can make!
Take Away Tips and Insights from this Set of Garments:
- I like to self-line. I feel like garments that are lined with the same weight of fabric on the inside and outside lay better for me. I’ll be trying a garment soon that has a lighter weight lining. I’ll let you know how I feel after that.
- Baby Interfacing is my BFF for collar-making. Not only can you use it to help stabilize the pieces while sewing piping on, it helps the collar lay correctly. I’ll be posting a collar tutorial at some point in the future but this is my main tip.
- Three gathering threads for putting sleeves in is IMPERATIVE. I have struggled with sewing outside of my gathering threads when setting in sleeves in the past. Putting three threads in and sewing my sleeve to my garment on the middle gathering thread is a game changer for me. I did a sleeve tutorial in my instagram stories will making these garments. If you haven’t seen it, go to my instagram page and watch the saved story, ” French Sleeves.”
- Buy an extra 1/4 yard when sewing with plaid. That way there is plenty of fabric to enable pattern matching at all times. I was able to match the plaid on each collar piece this time and I’m so pleased with it.
- A few months ago, I was bemoaning the fact that Maria was growing out of the Children’s Corner Carol Pattern, when Emily at Children’s Corner told me the Eleanor was a good extension of the Carol. I’m not going to lie, I was skeptical at first but she was totally right! There is a version of the Eleanor without the princess seams, it is absolutely a more modern take on the Carol.
Hope y’all enjoy these- they were extremely fun to make. If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to shoot me a message on Instagram, leave a comment on here or send an email. Happy sewing!
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Sarah
I am new to your site — I am enjoying your posts very much . What size Parker’s pants is Robby wearing ? How old is he ? I am trying to see for my little grand son who lives in another town thanks for sharing -SARAH
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I made him a size 1-they’re a bit too big. He’s 7 months old and I wanted them to fit all winter. He’s somewhere in the 90th percentile for height and the 13th for weight. Hope that helps! I’m so glad you’ve found me.
Sarah
Thanks! Steven is small —he’s in about 5th percentile weight and 80th for height he was born in April so I worry a size one might be a bit large —still might make one and use it as a test – he can always grow into it 😊
Sarah
When you add tabs to the sides of the Johnny how do,you decide how far under the armhole to place them?
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I went and looked at pictures of the ones I liked online (at Beaufort bonnet I think) and tried to gauge from there. And I think it was about 1 3/4 from the unfinished edge of the armpit.
Sarah
Thank you Abbey-
I was working on a short version of Johnny yesterday and struggling with how to follow the instructions to add the snaps in the crotch. I had drawn the pattern off since the short version is also the long version —- and thought I would need the long version in future so I would leave it intact. I went back to check something on the original pattern sheet and realized I have two pattern sheets labeled size 9 months ??? I compared it against what I had drawn off and one sheet of pattern pieces matches the 6 month pattern and the other sheet is bigger so I assume it is the 9 month ——- grrrrrrr— and of course I have already sewn it by the smaller one which is I now know 6 month size—- I never thought to go through all 4 pattern sheets —a days worth of sewing 😩 plus the fabric and lining and piping .A factory printing error — wonder how many are out there ? I just got it last week in an order from Farmhouse .
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Oh no! Hmm is it possible its the two different views? You ought to call them and see if its something they’re aware of. They print pattern corrections here http://www.childrenscornerpatterns.com/pattern_faq?_=1570378118& but I’m not seeing any mention of that. So sorry you had such a frustrating day.
Sarah
I checked it’s not a different view I just got an extra sheet of patterns —they print all size 3 in one sheet size 6 on one sheet etc.—but when I compared the pattern pieces after finding 2 sheets of size 9 month —one page of the 9 month was same size as 6 month it’s a misprint . Just live and learn — I will finish it and put it aside for future grand babies . I will always pull all pattern pieces out in future from CC to make sure there are no duplicate pages and if there are I will compare before cutting out. Thanks for making time to reply
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What a bummer! And so wild- I’ll make sure to check mine next time. And you’re welcome, anytime.