We had a busy day today, so I was barely able to squeeze in my hour of sewing time. I used it to finish up those two pairs of Inside or Out Pocket Shorts that I started on Tuesday. The dark denim pair has the main pockets on the outside, . . . . ….
Category: 2011 Summer Wardrobes
Kids Clothes Week Challenge Day 3
It rained all day yesterday which was great for sewing, but not so good for picture taking which is why this post is a bit late. Yesterday’s project was Undercover Bottoms Boxer Briefs for Jamie. I love how little fabric these use–all of the prints on these came out of my scrap box–and they sew…
Kids Clothes Week Challenge Day 2
Today’s project actually took less than an hour! These shorts are so fast to put together, especially if you don’t even hem them. All three pairs of shorts are cotton french terry AJ Bottoms. French terry rolls up on the cut edge, so I just skipped hemming the legs and let them roll! Here they…
Kids Clothes Week Challenge – Day 1
It’s Day One of the Kids Clothes Week Challenge at Elsie Marley. Did you sew for an hour today? I actually sewed for more than that, and completed these two tops for Jamie. I played around with a couple of different embellishment techniques on these. Both techniques are so easy to do! Up first is…
Seersucker Shorts for Easter (and beyond)
There’s a bit of a story behind these shorts. I’ll do my best to keep it as short (hee-hee, pun not really intended) as possible. On the first day of Celebrate the Boy last month, Dana of Made posted a pair of black and white seersucker pants, and I fell in love with them! As…
A Little Green Reconstruction for Earth Day
It’s Earth Day, and I couldn’t resist using that as an excuse to recycle a few things that aren’t being loved anymore into things that we’ll use! Charlie’s little romper above started out as this men’s xlarge t-shirt: I happened on that tee in the clearance section of our local thrift store and couldn’t pass…
Honey, I Shrunk the Jammies
Charlie had several Comfy Sleep Sets that I sewed up for him toward the end of winter, and I hated seeing them get packed away with plenty of good wearing time in them. Sooooo . . . . I reclaimed them for summer use by cutting off the arms and legs and serging on new…
It’s a bird . . . it’s a plane . . .
It’s Super Jamie . . . and his sidekick, Super Charlie! They’re on a mission . . . . . . to keep playgrounds safe . . . . . . for fun and adventure . . . . . . in their neighborhood . . . . . . and around the world! Meanwhile,…
2011 Summer Wardrobes–5 Tops for Jamie
Moving on to Jamie’s Summer Wardrobe list . . . here’s the first half of the tops that I have planned for him. First up is a Hooded Colorblocked Charlie Tee in Michael Miller Dino Dudes and stripes. You might recognize this one although it looked a little different the last time I blogged about…
Treehouse Fabric Designed by Me(!) Charlie Tee
A few weeks ago I posted a picture of the treehouse fabric that I’d designed on Spoonflower. Now you get to see the actual fabric! It’s been here for a little while, but I’ve been too busy to do anything with it. I had the design printed on Spoonflower’s organic cotton interlock, and it is…