Olivia's Billie Overalls

Pattern Used — Billie Overalls from The Ordinary Folk

Olivia is a beginner level sewist and has been planning a pair of practical overalls for almost five-year-old Paco for a while now! She snapped up some of our Upcycled Cotton Shirtings recently, and decided to make a size 6 in this pattern, to give him room for growth. The sewing level for this make is marked as beginner, which Olivia would agree with. She said she enjoyed the encouraging and thoughtful language on the pattern pieces and in the instructions. There are illustrations for every step so she never felt lost! The style is a simple oversized overall with buttons at the shoulders and comes in sizes newborn to 7 years. Olivia chose to make Paco's pair reversible using 3m of celery linen bias binding and 1.4m of both Upcycled Wide Striped Chambray – Blue/Ecru and Upcycled Fine Striped Chambray – Ecru/Blue. Paco loved the addition of the floral Blooms & Berries Stretch Cotton Sateen - Green Mix for the overalls inside pocketing.

Olivia says "I sewed these overalls over a few evenings and learned lots of new things while making them! I’ve never sewn a patch pocket and I also (not part of the pattern) learned how to do mitred corners with bias binding!