Holidays, Part II

You never know what you might sew next.  Never in a million years did I believe I would be making karate outfits for dolls, that's for sure.  With a granddaughter in a martial arts class, though, the unexpected can happen.
 
Kit has become Miss V's best friend.  Sometimes best friends dress alike, and on Christmas morning one of the packages will be this karate outfit so Kit will match V.

I got the pattern from a downloadable book at Nancy's Notions.  I love having it on my computer so when I want to print a pattern to sew, it's with me no matter where I am.  The book had several outfits for 18" dolls' after school activities.  Someday I'll do the dance outfit, but there's riding, soccer, and a couple more as well.

The coolest thing about making this was the attachment for my serger that does the belt.  It uses the coverstitch features, but makes the belt in one easy step.  The fabric I used had quite a bit of body (think white denim), but if I had to make another belt (and I do because she just passed her yellow belt test) I'd use a light iron on interfacing on the back of the fabric.  I learned this lesson when I made the ties for the aprons in my last post.  Don't you just love modern sewing technology!