Making an 80’s Romper

Hello! Today I’ll be sharing one of my most recent projects: making an 80’s romper. A kid-sized 80’s romper, more specifically.

If you follow my Instagram, you probably saw the reel that I posted sharing about some patterns I recently acquired. Well, I finally got around to actually trying some of them out!

I decided to make the third version of this pattern (which is from 1982), View C. I thought it would be adorable for one of my little nieces.

I did hit a little snag right out of the gate with this pattern when I was attempting to change the sizing. The pieces have an “easy ruler” feature, which I had never seen before and consequently, it wasn’t exactly “easy”. Eventually (I think 😉 ) I figured it out.

After I got over that little problem, I cut out the pattern pieces. I used a light, striped fabric, which I think is cotton.

After cutting out the pieces, I sewed together the middle seam on the front of the romper. Then I put some gathering stitches on the top edge of that piece, and then attached the front band.

You can see that in a little more detail here.

After that were the front straps, which after being sewed together and turned inside out, were basted onto the front band.

Then I sewed the facing of the front band on. This part also took a little more thought ( wasn’t sure how the straps would end up on the right side) but, eventually, it made perfect sense. 😉

Wrapping up Making an 80’s Romper – Part One

And you can see how that looks here, after being pressed. I’m really liking how it turned out. Unfortunately, since this post is already getting pretty long, I’ll have to continue this topic next week.

I hope you enjoyed this post. Have you been sewing lately? ~ Emily