Day 4

Okay, yeah…sooo. You may have noticed there was no Day 3. Well, see I cut my fabric last night and then thought surely if I just lay down for a minute, watched a little tv, surely I’d feel like going back and sewing after. Hmm…yeah. It took longer than I had hoped, but here is a peasant blouse I made to go with the bloomers from Day 2. I got a great response from PZ on this. She said she wanted to wear this outfit everyday. So cute!

I used this much loved tutorial for the top. It took about an hour to sew it up. I added the egg shaped pocket on a whim, but like how it came out. Once again, this is part of my contribution to elsie marley‘s kid clothes week challenge. Head over there and see what everyone is doing.

Day 2

Day 2 of the elsie marley‘s kids clothes work challenge produced big girl bloomers!

4-5

There were no jumpsuits in sight, but I’ll keep trying and hopefully by the end of the week have at least one pair made. I worked about 2 1/2 hours today with a lot of stops and starts to hang out with PZ (I sew during Q’s nap). She asked me a few weeks ago, why they didn’t make bloomers in her size (4-5). Voila!

This red polka dot fabric is a Sevenberry remnant that I picked up at Fashion Depot at 50% off a reduced rate on almost a yard. The black and white striped is a vintage remnant that I got at the Knittn’ Kitten. I’m hoping to make a shirt out of this Michael Miller High As A Kite fabric tomorrow to go with it.

Day 1

If you’re wondering what’s up with the title, I’m talking about elsie marley‘s kids clothes week challenge.  I worked more than my alloted one hour today (more like 5) because I wanted to finish these 6 pairs of boys pants I started over a week ago. Phew! Porkchop pocket-ed clam diggers done. Perhaps I should call them Pigs by Sea or When Pigs Swim. What do you think?

12 mos

12 mos

When I did the Rieke Art Fair two weekends ago I got a lot of feedback from Mamas with young boys. So here’s my answer to, “where’s your stuff for boys?” I’ve got sizes 12mos to 5 and will be selling these at the Stephenson Art Fair on the 19th. Tomorrow I can start working on something for the girls again. I declare jumpsuit season begins tomorrow. Stay tuned!

18 mos

18 mos

24 mos

24 mos

2-3

2-3

3-4

3-4

4-5

4-5

Motivation

If like me you’re in need of some motivation to start on your summer sewing for the kids, don’t miss out on elise marley‘s kids clothing week challenge. You just have to commit to sewing one hour a day every day next week. Post your finished projects on the elsiemarley flickr group.

BTW, I just started my own flickr group, PDX Handmade for Kids. If you’re in the Portland area and want to share some project pics, join up!