Mini Simplicity 1819 (2014)

Once I had made myself a skirt, and husband and son waistcoats, I had to make daughter a skirt too. I decided to make the same Simplicity 1819 for her, but as she was only 10, she was too small for the pattern. I did a bit of educated guess work and rescaling of the pattern onto greaseproof paper! It seemed to work okay! It was a bit of a rush in the end, as she decided she wanted to wear it for a school history trip as part of the lead up to Historic Transport Day.

If you remember this pattern also has a bolero jacket. I made this for myself first, and once I understood how it fitted together, scaled it down and made it for my daughter. She had the version with the collar. I made it in the red to match her Dad and brother’s waistcoats. They would look great together, if I could ever get them to agree to wear them together!!

Unfortunately she has well outgrown these now, but they have been passed onto the daughter of some very good friends of ours, who has worn them more times than mine I think 🙂