more jammies

I pulled out the serger tonight and went to town on some more

jammies. This time just the shorts, in pink fleece for my girl.

The pajama bottoms sew up super quick, so I think I'll stick with

them and go with cheap t-shirts for the tops.

 

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girl jammies

 Here's a snap of the girl jammies I finished last weekend (after being

worn several times and tossed in the laundry). Ashton opted for short sleeves 

and shorts, which is the fun of being able to customize a pattern.

I find the difference in the fabrics they picked quite hilarious.

What has also been funny about this whole experience is that 

at the start, I thought I would save money by sewing my kids' pajamas.

After buying the pattern on sale (for $1) and picking up the fabric

at half off, I still walked out the door with thirty dollars worth of

"now I still have ten hours of cutting and sewing ahead of me."

Were they worth it? The fact that I'm scheming up coordinating sets of 

jammies so they can be mixed and matched with these, as well as thinking,

"what if we made the pants out of old modal sheets (sooo softy!)"

or "a strip of velvet ribbon would be nice on the neckline" 

makes me think that probably they were.

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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.

 

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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.

 

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mini wet bags

The other fun thing about coordinating fabrics is...

coordinating bags!

another cutesie handbag

 

Here's another bag sewn up from

Keyka Lou's Small Satchel pattern.

I love how this bold print and

the bright colors accentuate its shape.

 

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final product: cloth-diaper clutch

 As I mentioned in my last post, I spent some time in May

developing a pattern for a diaper clutch designed to work

specifically with cloth diapers. Here's the final product,

which is a gift my friend Hannah commissioned for her sister Amy.

 To help keep things shut in the face of additional width,

I put in magnetic snaps toward the two ends of the flap

rather than just one set in the middle. 

Isn't this Heather Bailey coordinating fabric just yummy?!

 Here's the inset zipper...

opened to reveal the wet bag for dirty diapies.

There's also a waterproof changing pad

backed in lining fabric that gets tucked in there.

So far, I'm quite happy with how this bag turned out!

Amy, I'd love to hear any feedback once you

have that precious baby and start using your clutch!