I made these dungarees for my nearly 6 year old granddaughter. They were a swine to make, but I’m pleased with the result. And she was thrilled with them! I took these pictures before I’d hemmed them because I needed to try them on her, but they’re all done now.
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Love them Bathsheba 
Those are great - love the cat embroidery!
Wow, Sheba…these are fab! Well done you for having the patience to stick with them! Loving the little cat & dog - how did you do that? 
Gosh these looks so professional, and I am sure your wee granddaughter will be so pleased to wear them.
Top job Bathsheba , can you make me some 44 chest and 29 inside leg… 
Thanks Meg 
I have a four year old granddaughter, do you take orders?
Thanks Tabby - have a closer look, it’s actually a cat and a dog curled round each other!
Thanks Pixie. I do love sewing, and make most of my granddaughter’s wardrobe, but this one really tried my patience! The cat and dog was done on my embroidery machine - I bought the design online. Actually, come to think of it, this design was a freebie if I remember correctly.
Thanks Last Tango. My little granddaughter absolutely loved them when I popped round with them last night. She wasn’t so happy to try them on so I could pin the hems up though - she gets really angsty about me going anywhere near her with pins!!!
Haha, sorry Barry, but the pattern only goes up to age 12 
But thank you
Wow sheba, they are fabulous. I can see why she’d be thrilled. I cant sew for toffee, you are an excellent seamstress. Will you make me some:mrgreen:
That’s something I’ve always said I would never do, unfortunately. The day I take orders would be the day my enjoyable hobby becomes ‘work’, and all the fun would go out of it!
But thanks for the compliment Ulla
Aw thanks for those kind words LQ :-). But no, sorry, haha! This pattern only goes up to age 12 (and they were such a mare to make I don’t think I ever want to sew a pair of dungarees again!!!)
I agree Sheba. I feel the same way about my gardening.
Yes, I can understand that. If I were a much younger woman, I might think about my sewing as a way of supplementing my income - sorely needed when the kids were little and we had a mortgage.
If all the internet resources and help were around back in those days, I might have had a little sideline, who knows? Although I’ve been sewing for over 60 years, I have learnt more in the last 5 years, with all the online help, than I did in all the previous 55+ years!
Great stuff!
Great job with the dungarees, Bathsheba.
I know what you mean about taking orders. I feel the same way with my photography - the moment I take a commission my hobby becomes a chore.
Thank you Muddy