Children’s Corner Taylor and Katina Bubble Mash-Up

Recently, one of my favorite facebook groups issued a “mash-up challenge.” The challenge was to take two Children’s Corner Patterns and mash them together to create a new one. I love a good mash-up and was quite excited to do this one.

I absolutely love the Children’s Corner Katina and the Children’s Corner Taylor so these two patterns seemed like a great pair for a mash-up.

To create clean lines and corners (for some reason they’re more “boy-ish” to me) I redrafted the Katina bodice to look more like the one seen below.

The pattern pieces I used are in the image below. The front and back of the Taylor, the bodice pieces of the Katina, the redrafted “manly” bodice pieces and the straps. Not pictured below is the arm hole guide from the Katina.

Below you can see how I used the armhole guide to determine where to fold the Taylor pattern down to create a new cut line for the top of the bubble. I did not cut this portion at this point, I just used it to help figure out how long to make the bubble pattern piece.

I then cut out the top of the bubble, the leg openings, and the crotch. I followed the “girl” cut line for the leg opening. This gave me wiggle room to later add a casing for the elastic.

Rather than cutting up the slanted side of the bubble (like on the Taylor). I cut perpendicularly to the top. At this point I added an inch of length for fit for my little man. If you want to do that, just use the line provided on the Taylor pattern for length adjustment. I then cut out the armholes using the armhole guide. That step was very similar to the way you would cut out the skirt pieces on the Katina.

I finished the front and back bodice pieces as I would for the Katina bodice pieces. I like to interface the outer bodice piece with baby interfacing and pipe it around the top and sides. So that is what I did on this white bodice piece.

I then basically followed the Katina directions. I sewed the side seams together, added the bias band to finish the armholes, and then gathered the front and back bubble pieces to attach them to front and back bodice pieces.

I ended up adding a crotch extension to the bubble as well. I mainly did that because I prefer the way it finishes the bubble. Had I just used a quarter inch seam allowance on the bottom of the bubble I could have kept the crotch as is was. I would recommend adding a crotch extension if doing an unlined bubble bottom (the Taylor is typically lined).

Hopefully this all made sense! If not, leave a comment and I’ll try my best to expand/elucidate. If you’re interested in purchasing this fabric, you can find it here.