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Can I just say I absolutely love the online sewing community! After life was kind of thrown for a loop and my kids were suddenly home with me all day everyday, things changed. I struggled to find the time to sew/work, and by that I mean of course we had nothing but time, but I have always said family comes first. My kids needed me, then as time went by and even as school ended and they needed me less I was still struggling to find that desire to get back to my sewing room. I would sit in there stare and everything and then leave. So in my facebook group recently when someone shared a photo of an adorable romper and asked if there was a pattern like it in my shop. (which there wasn’t) other group members began suggesting the Magil&Lil romper as a starting off point. They even suggested a mash up of the Magil& Sally top. Well this got my wheels turning. My girls LOVE rompers so I knew if I made this mash up they would be in 7th heaven. So I did it, and it was SO easy, and quick and the result is everything I hoped it would be. I got out of my sewing funk with the help of those lovely ladies and their ideas, and now I have a quick tutorial for you so you can do the same if you want.
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To start, I used the Magil&Lil romper as it is. (although I had to alter the one in the photo slightly since it is cut at the 3T and my daughter is currently in a 4T/6 mash up but I didn’t want to reprint the whole pattern and couldn’t find my master pattern at the time I was just excited to move forward) I then used the Sally top (cut at top length) and I lined up the underarm of the Sally with the underarm of the Magil. The sally is wider since it’s a loose flowing top and has a gathered front and back neckline, so I moved it over making sure the underarms were still on the same line. I traced the Sally top all along the neckline, underarm, and side of the bodice stopping at the bottom edge of the top. Then I drew a straight line from the bottom hem of the romper up to the bottom of the bodice. This made them meet at an angle.
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I didn’t want my romper to come to a point like this, so with a curved ruler, I drew a new hip line making a smooth transition from leg line, and the bodice line. As you can see this cut off a little of the bodice which is fine because the romper is plenty full. You will also be able to see how the new lines are quite a bit wider than the original romper pattern, this will result in all the fullness you see in the romper photos.
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I don’t have any more photos of the pattern drafting (again excitement) or the construction because the romper went together the same as the romper instructions until I got to the top portion and that all went together the same way as the top pattern instructs. I did use knit fabric for this but I didn’t change any part of the sewing. Since the drafting is really just slapping the Sally top pattern down over the romper pattern I felt like it would be pretty easy to understand. I also did add the pockets from the Magil, I just placed them around the same placement as the Magil pattern marks. (I think they did end up a little lower because I didn’t want them at the top of the curve but that was just a personal choice)
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I love the Super relaxed fit of the romper and the strappy top allows it to still come off and on easy for changing or using the bathroom.
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It makes me tempted to see what other tops can mash up with a romper to make a whole new romper.
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