Garments

I saw this plaid material made into pants at a local kids store and I remembered it from Sew to Speak. I’d seen this material before but didn’t think much of it until I saw them as little boy pants. So, I went to Sew to Speak, got the material and made a pair for the boys.

While I was at it I used up this polka dot Japanese material that I’ve had sitting around for awhile. I discovered that I had just enough to make them into pants to fit Ben.
You’ll have to take my word for it when I say they look really cute on the boys. They are not much for modeling clothes for me these days. I had to beg and barter to get them to try them on to make sure they fit. So, in the meantime, the clothes line is much more cooperative.

I also finally decided to take the extra step to add a tag with the sizes for future references.
While I was at it I made this shirt from one of Heather Ross’ Far Far Away print. I’ve only made one other shirt pattern before and that one didn’t turn out too well. Since I know this pattern so well (simplicity 3835), and I know it is a quick project I decided to go with it again. From start to finish this shirt probably takes less than 2 hours.


I love making pants for little ones because it is an instant gratification kind of project. I am about to attempt my first queen sized quilt made out of The Good Folks line for our bed. That is about as opposite from an instant gratification project as you can get. Hopefully I’ll be posting about this finished quilt before the end of the year!

Comments

[Amanda]

Cute pants!

I just used some Heather Ross double gauze to make that same Simplicity pattern! It is a great one...love that it is so quick!