I wanted to share with you the beautiful initiative of the brand Tape à l'oeil (TAO), the children's clothing brand.

Indeed, the brand offers us the pattern of the Overalls available from size 2 years to 14 years. Besides this nice gift to sewers, the brand will donate 5 euros to the association A bras cadabra (which works for premature babies) for every overall posted before March 31, 2021 on Instagram with the hashtag #madebymewith❤️andtao!  

So we have a good month left to make these pretty overalls,... get your needles ready!

The Overalls were created by the brand TAO in partnership with 4 children who gave their opinion on the overalls they wanted to wear. It is unisex, pretty, practical and comfortable for going on an adventure!

The pattern is available for free on the TAO website in PDF version, click here.  Seam allowances are included and are 1cm.

What sewing level is needed to sew it?

The Overalls are very accessible, with its 8 pieces and difficulty level of 2/5.

The 4 children participating in the project also sewed their own version with 2 adults supervising the operations, all in just 5 hours. If you have children or grandchildren, this can be a great project to do on a Wednesday afternoon or a weekend. 

Which fabrics to choose?

The pattern of the overalls was designed for "warp and weft" fabrics, woven fabrics. 

For an autumn/winter version, we will go for corduroy (corded, smooth or even millerain), denim. 

For a spring/summer version, we will go for cotton, double gauze, linen, a poplin, ...

For Martin's version, my godson, I chose the ladybug cotton fabric available in my shop. 

You can make the version in a single fabric or choose a combination of different fabrics for the pocket, the straps, the lining... it's the kind of pattern where you can really let your creativity run free!

You will need between 95cm of fabric for the 2-year version and 1.60m for the 14-year version. For my godson in the 3-year version, I took 80cm of ladybug fabric 1.50m wide because I am going to make a summer "bermuda" version, so I shorten the legs. 

For the rest of the materials, you will need to add:

• matching thread or not depending on the child's tastes 
• two large buttons or two suspender clips
• your sewing machine
• possibly an overlocker to overlock the pieces 

For my godson, I'm still hesitating between the flower suspender clips and the buttons... I'll decide once the overalls are made ;-)

And then, all that's left is to... follow the explanations and the TAO video tutorial

I can't wait to see your "jolyes" versions!

Come on, I'll leave you, I have mine to finish ;-)