Once upon a time...

... there were two little Princesses who grew so tall

that they didn't fit into their mum's favourite jacket pattern anymore.

but then....
the pattern-making-Fairy-God-Mother made a new pattern!!!
In sizes 6-10, big enough to fit them both for many more years to come.

(Pattern cover pic from Make It Perfect)

Their mum (let's call her the fabric-hoarding-Queen!!), then jumped online and ordered some very special Far Far Away 2 fabric, covered in Sleeping Beauties and Rapunzels to make the new jackets from.

and everyone lived happily ever after!

To have your very own happy ending with a Big Uptown Girl jacket, pop over to Toni's blog and win yourself a copy of the pattern.

(The Queen realises she should have pulled out the Royal Pressing Machine and ironed that fabric after washing it and before posting a pic on the royal blog!)

Livin' in her Uptown world

I couldn't help but hum the lyrics to the Billy Joel track Uptown Girl when I was tracing/cutting/sewing this little jacket, as it is indeed the Uptown Girl jacket by Toni of Make It Perfect.


I must confess, I have had this jacket pattern for quite some time with the intention of sewing it up, but had just never got far enough down the 'to do' list each winter.
So it just kept getting put off.

It's such a sweet jacket.

Fully reversible with a hood and fold up contrasting cuffs, and gathering on the front and back yoke so it's 'dressy' enough to wear for a special outing.

I did it with cotton quilt batting inside intead of Pellon. Jen had done it and said it was nice and soft and warm and I agree, thanks Jen.

I also added a snap at the top and put the button over the top just for show. Claire had done something similar to this with magnetic snaps and I had the same trouble with the machine having trouble with the layers.

So thanks ladies for sharing what you did as you made this.

Despite the way it looks in this pic - the jacket is even!

I made this out of some really lovely heavy red and white woven cotton from Spotlight.

Nic made this gorgeous skirt using it, and I'm pretty sure Tania used the same stuff to make her lovely skirt with too.

The lining is just simple navy with white hailspots from Spotty as well.

I also made a flower rosette brooch to wear on the navy side to give it a lift, but the smallest rejected that out of hand.

"Off, no-like" she said in her clear little voice grabbing at the afore-mentioned brooch. So it's sitting on a shelf at the moment...

This pattern goes from sizes 0 to 5. But I have it under very good authority that it will soon be coming in larger sizes.

I can't wait to whip another couple up for the big girls.

Stay tuned for the coordinating Dortje pants and the moment where I consider whether I have taken it one step too far...