Back view of Sydney waiting for his playdate

Paris, France 2012

Arlo starts preschool in the fall.

Where did my baby go?

...with Becky and Aron.

My version of the Lonsdale Dress! Made from a sweet polka dot linen from my stash that I've been dying to use. Hop on over to my blog post to read more about how I did it.

Playdate dress in vintage fabric. I'm not sure what size this is....2?

My twist on the Playdate Dress from Craftiness is not Optional.

Blogged at crafts4lily.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-twist-on-playdate-dre...

Oliver + S Playdate Dresses in Michael Miller Kitties (size 8) and Smitten Kitten (size 6) - yokes and piping in Kona cotton solids. Buttons from Hobby Lobby.

I was surprised and disappointed with the finishing for join of the dress to the yoke. I find it unusual for Oliver+S patterns not to have top-notch finishing but the instruction for this one leave the dress top raw. I also don't like what I'll call the "blind" placement of the yoke - just laying it on top of the dress and trying to match up edges. I have never encountered such a method and it makes it difficult to align things.

My strategy for finishing the inside was to turn the piping into bias tape, encasing the top in the bias tape/piping. I will note that the piping curled up - I don't know if the curling was a result of turning the piping into bias tape or if it would have curled regardless. I tacked it down by hand stitching the bottom layer of the outer piping through the dress and to the wrapped around piping/tape layers on the inside.

Because I used a bias tape method, there is some overlapping at the shoulder, but I preferred this to leaving the top inside of the dress flopping around unfinished.

Coffee with the guys

The Frida pattern by Patty Young using Patty Young's Playdate fabric line.

Playdate

Aimee and Keri invited Kiba and I over for a playdate following our Sunday walk around Lake Harriet. Kiba was glad for the opportunity to do zoomies in an honest-to-goodness fenced yard, and then cool her toes in the pool. Momma was grateful for the berry-flavored margarita that Aimee made.

YUM

The dress is based on the Play Date dress tutorial at Craftiness is Not Optional.

Splash Pad Playdate

Star Wars and Star Trek fans in the costume contest at the Stay Late Play Date at Adventure Science Center.

Developer Outreach Coordinator, Dave Lester leads the session to build a plugin in an afternoon.

Playing with Lorenzo Karuppan. Filename: USA-OH-2011-0084

Not a lot of interaction at this point.

blogged: sweetcheeksdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/09/first-day-of-pres...

Tasha Yar and Will Riker in the costume contest at the Stay Late Play Date at Adventure Science Center.

playdate

Hand knit in Katia Merino Baby to the pattern from tincanknits.

Buttons from www.totallybuttons.com

The giggles. :)

Used your fabulous playdate dress pattern again to make the top of the top my oldest is wearing! :) (couldn't edit out little sister, who sadly is not wearing anything handmade!!)