Tuesday, October 30, 2012

boy jammies

 
My children are growing at alarming rates these days.
In fact, the pajamas Elliott received for his birthday a year ago
are now a good six inches too short. Since he is sproinging
out of jammies, I thought I'd sew some up myself
for the winter, extra long, so that they can be
easily lengthened over the coming months.
 
I found a unisex pattern, Simplicity #3935, with child to adult
sizes. The pants sewed up super easy. However, I had to adjust the
opening on the shirt to accomodate Elliott's realistically sized cranium.
My seven-year-old picked out his own fabric, as you can see.
After I took the photo above, I realized that they were effectively
camouflaged into the background greenery!
So here's another photo to show a little more detail.
 

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

ready to sew

 
Now that the sewing room has dropped below 100 degrees,
I'm ready to start sewing again! I found these lovely, enormous
spools of thread yesterday for 99 cents apiece!
I just love the colors and can't wait to use them up.