Ash Jumpsuit for Kindergarten

Good morning everyone!

This beautiful, happy girl started kindergarten last week!  I am thrilled for her and she is loving it. Though I do admit to a few tears after dropping her off the first day—mine, not hers, thankfully!

The lovely and super talented Mie from Sewing Like Mad is running such a fun series called Sewing for Kindergarten, and it starts today :).   You should check out the series from last year—super inspiring!

Mie has some questions for those on the tour!

Is this your first time sending a child to Kindergarten?  Nope!  It’s my third.

Did you feel like crying or celebrating?  As I mentioned above, I did cry, but not much.  She was just so excited and I love that it’s only 3 hours.  I wish school was that long every day for every grade.

And what about your child?  I did worry about her crying when I dropped her off.  The day before we had all met in the classroom and she was the only one who didn’t want to sit at her desk and participate.  She clung to me and would not let me away from her side.  I was worried but she did great!  After her first day of school, I was putting her to bed and she sighed happily and said, “Maybe I will learn to read tomorrow!”  So optimistic.  I just love this age.

What type of school (public, private, homeschool) does your child attend?  She attends a wonderful elementary public school.  We love the teachers there and it’s super close to home!

What was your own first day of school like?  Hmmm, I don’t remember very much other than I felt similar to Bailey’s display of feelings.  I was excited but I was a very, very shy child.  And I got my name on the board the first day of school because some kid tried to kiss me, and I hit him.  And then I cried.   It was a bit traumatic.  I survived.  ;)

For Bailey’s outfit, I made her the Ash Jumpsuit.  She had asked for one as soon as she saw Ruby’s Jumpsuit.  It really is such a cute pattern.     

Goodness, does this girl have some fun poses!  But she is just looking too grown up to me!

Then she gets all silly again and all is well in the world :). 

The fabric is THIS peach skin fabric (it has no stretch, just fyi) from Girl Charlee.  I lined it with some thin polyester since it was a little too see-through and no one needs to see Hello Kitty undies peeking through the jumpsuit.

Bailey actually requested this jumpsuit for her first day of school.  And as much as I would have loved to oblige her, she told me the day before school and the stars did not align to make that possible.

I finally got it finished by the 4th day of school.  She’s such an optimistic little girl though, and it didn’t bother her at all.  She kept saying, “That’s ok mom, I’ll wear one of my other new shirts.”  Oh my goodness, I love this girl. She’s so sweet.

Her Frankenstein pose. 

I can just hear her laughing in this picture.  A mixture of pure joy and mischievousness. 

And because I let her dress herself, here is how she wore it to school last week.  Layered perfectly for fall.  (sorry about her hair—it was a windy day and this girl does NOT like to have bows, clips, etc in her hair typically).

Check out the line-up for the tour!

Thank you so much for having me today, Mie!  I can’t believe Bailey is in kindergarten, but so far, so good!  It’s fun to watch your kids learn and blossom!