Loved this poppy print when I spotted it in a charity shop and decided to buy it whatever it turned out to be. And it was a cute shirred top… for a 12 year old.
There’s no way that’ll be me, so this is obviously destined for a certain Little Miss, whose wardrobe has a large poppy-playsuit sized hole in it. There’s enough fabric for my playsuit vision, although early signs are ominous – I hold it up to her to gauge size and she screams and throws herself to the floor. Oh dear.
Undaunted, I trim about 20cm off the overall width, and use the spare fabric for a couple of wide-ish shoulder straps – the original straps were a bit cheese-cutter for little shoulders. I cut a semi-circle out of the hem to create legs – not sure how well this will work, but we’ll see. The cute, gathered pouch pockets move over easily to sit at her hip height – I hope she finds something interesting (and non-staining) to put in them!
More importantly, I wonder if she’ll wear it?
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I jolly well hope she does. But as we know, there is not much rationale to be had with a 12 year old daughter but catch them on a good day and you might get lucky. Its gorgeous!!! Are you sure you can’t squeeze into it? ;-)
I love, love, love it! If I was that little or if it was big I would wear it. So creative to see beyond what it originally was and make this x
aww, thanks samantha! if i see that fabric anywhere i’ll let you know…
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