How to make your own accessories and summer clothes for children
I have always considered summer as the best time to have fun creating accessories and clothes for children
The light and colorful fabrics and the absence of long sleeves or too demanding parts in fact, stimulate the imagination and make you want to sew dresses, clowns, sundresses and hats and fill the wardrobe with many beautiful new and original garments and small accessories.
In addition, to make summer clothes for children the time required is not much and even the necessary material is really limited: some scraps of fabric, elastic bands, buttons and little else.
If you also have a passion for DIY and this summer you want to try your hand at creating some practical and light garments for your boy or girl, here are some suggestions with tutorials to follow, to make sundresses, clowns, hats, swimsuits for both boys and girls.
Summer clothes for children do it yourself
Sundress for girls
Beautiful these dresses / sundresses in summer fantasies! They have a top with elastic straps and a wide skirt curled at the waist. To make one just follow the tutorial with photos and explanations.
Summer jumpsuit for children
In a child’s summer wardrobe, a striped cotton romper cannot be missing . It has shoulder straps with buttons, elastic at the thigh point and it’s comfortable because it opens underneath.
Circle skirt
Very easy to do and extremely cute for the summer is the full skirt with the elastic waistband, very tender to look at especially if it is worn by a small child. Tutorial here → Girls’ Skirt
Shorts/swimsuit
I find these shorts perfect as a swimsuit for children or as a simple diaper cover. They are very easy to do and in the link there is also the pattern to download. Tutorial here →Shorts/Swimsuit
Romper / Swimsuit
Very simple and nice also this costume / clown for girls. To do this, just a small piece of cotton or sweater fabric, three elastic bands and a ribbon and follow the explanations. Tutorial here → Swimsuit girl
And after the swimsuits, in summer you can not miss the bathrobe to take to the sea or to the pool. For example, you can make a cute rabbit-shaped bathrobe like this using the sponge of a towel. Tutorial here →Bathrobe with pet
Cloche girls’ hat
This cloche hatis quite challenging to make, but it’s worth it because the model is really cute, especially for little girls. It can be done in a solid color or in a pattern and is very useful for protecting the little head from the sun.
For children here is a nice doubleface fisherman hat. This model is made with two types of fabric (one internal and one external) and shows an application sewn to the side. Being doubleface, the seams remain internal so you can wear both turned both in solid color and in fantasy. To do so, follow the explanations. Tutorial here →DIY fisherman hat
Here, these are just some of the sewing projects you can do for your children. I recommend you choose the right fabrics and take the measurements well and, considering that summer has already begun, if I were you I would immediately get busy. Good luck with your work!
Kathryn Barlow is an OB/GYN doctor, which is the medical specialty that deals with the care of women's reproductive health, including pregnancy and childbirth.
Obstetricians provide care to women during pregnancy, labor, and delivery, while gynecologists focus on the health of the female reproductive system, including the ovaries, uterus, vagina, and breasts. OB/GYN doctors are trained to provide medical and surgical care for a wide range of conditions related to women's reproductive health.