Quilt Top Jumpsuit: McCall's 7767
Sewing for my niece’s birthday is always something I look forward to doing. I don’t enjoy sewing for other people, but she is the exception. I’ve been sewing for her since her first birthday, but this year is the first year I have sewn more than four garments for her in the year. This year, she made more requests for handmade clothes, perhaps because she is getting older, and as you can see from the prior blog posts, I have happily obliged. Now let’s get into this pattern review.
You may recognize this print, but if you don’t, this is a quilt top that I made and used to create a short suit set. I love this quilt top, and if you follow me on social media, you know that I often rock the two pieces from this set. After I finished my set, I intended to use the remnants to make a bomber jacket for my niece, but instead, the remnant sat in the remnant bin on the fabric shelf for almost two years until I whipped it out a few weeks ago. You will notice that the blocks at the top of the jumpsuit are smaller than the blocks towards the bottom. I didn’t have enough of the 4 " square quilt top left to make the entire jumpsuit, so I combined it with the smaller 2 " square block piece.
The pattern used, McCall’s 7767 (out of print), is a jumpsuit with leg style and length variations, and it has a side pocket or patch pocket option. The closure is straps cut from a ribbon. I made View C, size 3, with one modification. I lengthened the jumpsuit by 1.5 " . Otherwise, no changes were made; it was a straightforward sewing project, and I would recommend this pattern for beginners. The only step I found difficult was finishing the hem on the leg, but that was due to the additional seams from the quilt top and had nothing to do with the design or instructions. My niece probably won’t fit this next fall (gotta love those growth spurts), but I love that she will be able to wear it over the next few months, even in cooler weather, by wearing it with a long-sleeved top. Her awesome coordinating shoes are a DIY project. She designed her shoes using white canvas sneakers and Tulip’s ColorShot Fabric Spray (quick video here). She enjoyed the process, and it wasn’t time-consuming. We got it done in under an hour and let the shoes sit for 24 hours before she put them on again. So there you have it, this is six, and she is fabulous.
