Yellow Kwik Sew 2978 Baby Romper

Finally putting up a picture of the romper I finished a week ago (so slack), and I have to say that I am falling in love with this pattern! I already knew how user-friendly Kwik Sew patterns are but really appreciated it even more when making up a new genre of clothing previously unknown to me - baby clothes!

This time I made up the long sleeved romper (view A) in a size XS:

The only error I had with making this was totally my own fault - I cut the shoulders out back to front (pregnancy brain!). This means I have ended up with a mirror image of how it should look (the buttons should be on the right shoulder) but I am sure that whichever baby ends up wearing this wont care!

Putting the press studs in was again a bit of a fiddly job, worth it in the end but enough effort was needed for me to decide that I am definately going to invest in a proper press stud "press" as soon as I can afford it!

I'm sure the neighbours must have though we were building the ark with all the banging going on from me hammering the studs in *oops* - maybe next time I'll let them know first...

If you are interested you can read my previous post for the cardigan / pants option here and my review on Sewing Pattern Review for this romper version of the pattern here  .

Kwik Sew 2978

Finally I have finished my first baby outfit *YAY* !

I brought this Kwik Sew pattern after reading all the wonderful reviews for it on Pattern Review and let me say it definitely lives up to all the hype:)

In true Kwik Sew fashion the pattern was fast and easy to sew. The hat was soo simple I was able to whip it together in about 15 minutes after cutting out ( it would make a great beginner's project on its own).

The hardest part of the whole pattern was sewing the cuffs "on the round" for the size extra small cardigan. The 6 mm (1/4" ) seams were also a bit tricky but they gave a nice finish :)

The pattern asks for baby snaps- I used ones with a pearl finish from Lincraft. They come with a little tool that you use with a hammer to fix the snaps in place. This was a bit fiddly and I had to redo the top snap 3 times when it failed the open/shut test (the snap came apart). If I it looks like I'll be applying a lot of these in the future, I might end up investing in this press, as pointed out to me by Kristy from Lower Your Presser Foot. I'm not sure if the press only does plastic snaps but if so I think I could live with that for the amount of time it would save.

You can read my full review of this pattern here.