Posts Tagged ‘clothes’
Jul
Finally a beginning to the Handmade Beginnings projects.
Finally decided to take some time to tackle a project from Handmade Beginnings. I vowed to use things I had on hand so while they aren’t as colourful as the ones in the book they’re equally as cute once they’re on my little sweetie. I used some IKEA fabric and some red with little white polka dots and just plain yellow.
It’s been pretty hot lately so Nate sort of objected when I snagged him to put some pants on for a photo op. So it only lasted a few shots. I had to distract him with toys and stealing his suckie to get him to stretch up for a nice back shot.
The instructions were really easy to follow. I was surprised by the way they laid out the patterns, to save paper I understand, and I had to tape it all to a window and trace the pieces onto graph paper. I went with the 24 month pattern, even though Nate’s only 18 months, they’re a little big so they’ll fit him for a while. I turned the cuffs up twice so they wouldn’t be too long. He was napping when I was finishing them up so I used Wesley as my model. The pants would fit him perfectly if there was another inch or two on the bottom. I’m hyped to make some more.
Tags: baby, clothes, handmade beginnings, IKEA fabric, kids, pants, reversable pants, sewingDec
Christmas tree action shot, and a match for baby bro.
Managed to get Wesley to sit still long enough to take a picture of his shirt. He thought I was taking a picture of the front end loader and dump truck he parked in front of the Christmas tree. I did take a picture of them but I moved slightly to include Wesley in the shot. Once the flash went off he realised what I had done and said ‘No! Not me! The trucks!!’
Then I got ambitious and made a matching onesie for Baby Nate.
Tags: applique, baby, christmas, clothesDec
First birthday shirt.
Tomorrow we’re having Baby Nate’s first birthday party, it is a bit early but with the trip we have to push things up. Tonight I whipped up this shirt for him to wear. I really wanted to make one, I got the idea somewhere of a number one appliqued over a star. Since his party is all about Pixar’s Cars I used my checked flag material.
A friend had given me a bag of hand me down baby clothes and there were some onesies in there that would be too short for Nate. I cut them right at the bottom to make them into little t-shirts. I used Steam-A-Seam to stick the number 1 on. But I was still worried it would be a bit short and wanted to add some length so I made my own bias tape to add to the bottom of the shirt. Can’t wait to see him in it tomorrow!
Tags: applique, clothes, sewing




