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Pink & Grey Knit Ottobre Dress

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I absolutely LOVE Ottobre Magazine and their patterns! When I ordered my very first magazine from Banberry Place– who by the way has a great selection of Ottobre patterns and magazines, I was extremely overwhelmed by the pattern sheets that were nothing but lines and lines and lines. However, they are rather easy to use once you get the hang of them.

PinkTink needed some new dresses, as she has grown out of most of the ones from last fall, so I spent a day whipping up a few variations of the Ottobre Summer 3/2012 Jungle Stripes dress.

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It is made of a very soft and super comfy grey and pink jersey knit from Banberry Place as well. Oh! How I love the great knits that they carry. You should check them out! I made a few different variations of the dress. On this one, I added a sash tie at the waist for some more definition and ruffles at the bottom as PinkTink demands that every.single.item have ruffles on it.

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Overall, I am very pleased with how it came out, it was very simple to put together. I did not add the pockets and omitted the pleats at the neckband as the elastic would gather it nicely. It has become a staple in the girls closet and gets alot of wear already.

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Perfectly Pink Quilt for Pink Tink

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I have finally completed my very first quilt! Pink Tink fell in love with a 1920’s reproduction quilt that was hanging on the wall at the quilt shop in the small town that my parent live outside of in Wisconsin. I love this quilt shop, Patches and Petals, which was recently featured as a top 10 quilt shop in a magazine. The ladies are so wonderful and helpful in there and we make sure to stop in each time we are visiting.

I used the 1920’s reproduction line from Moda fabric. They are absolutely adorable and I love all the colors with cute little scenes on them. PinkTink picked out each fabric with our help and was insistant on a pink background. I the simple pattern that was featured in the quilt that they had made up with a few changes. My mom helped me to cut all the fabrics and I pieced them together. She attached the borders for me as well.

As I said before, this is my very first quilt and overall I am so happy with it. I did an all-over free motion, which my mom thought was crazy for a first timer.

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I had to play with the tension alot as my thread kept breaking and breaking and breaking. I swear it broke every 2 minutes. I tried everything that would cause it, too tight of tension, to loose, bent needle, going to fast, going to slow…well…. I finally figured it out after giving up and coming back to it every few days. My machine seems to be very picky with thread and I was using a variagated Sulky thread and my machine DOES NOT like it, as soon as I switched back to the Guitterman, it was smooth sailing.

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I really didnt know what to do with the border design. I ended up free-motioning a squgilly design that I really didnt care for but didn’t want to rip it out. My mom swore to me that nobody would notice and if the did they were being to critical of a first timer and they were to close. I would have to agree. In the end I think it came out fine.

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I really love the finished overall quilt. PinkTink received it for her birthday along with a matching quilt for Emily, her most beloved American Girl, as well as matching curtains.

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PinkTink made my day when she said, “Mommy, do you know why I love my quilt? It has lots of love it in.” That just melted my heart and made every late night and choice words and 309 broken threads so worth it!

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