We’ve reached that stage of pregnancy – here’s a grapefruit on the counter modeling my latest project.
It’s reversible.
With piping on both sides.
I loved this pattern – surprisingly simple to sew, even though the store bought binding looked terrible, and my replacement home-made binding should have been wider (I was almost out of the pink fabric, though, so it will have to do). This is a “pictures don’t do it justice” item, not because the detail is lacking, but because it looks so very tiny. Impossible to have something that teeny not look adorable.
Wonder if it will fit? If it does, it probably won’t for long. I’ll definitely have to make more in bigger sizes.
Category: sewing
Protected: Perhaps a baby bonnet?
Protected: Vacation, new pants
Protected: Daycare blanket
Protected: Some sewing on Saturday night
Protected: Play mat
Protected: For the little “new-mission”
Autumn pants!
Here’s the fall version of today’s set of PJ pants – I LOVE these fabrics, and it was so exciting to find two prints in the same line that I liked so much.
Again, they’re sewn to be reversible, but the green makes such a pretty lining/accent that it’s the inside. Both sides feel great, though.
Summer pants!
I am so excited about this pants pattern – after the success of the last pair, I decided to make two more. These are the summer colors version.
So bright and cheery. They’re completely reversible.
And I love the bits of yellow lining peeping through on the blue side.
I even remembered to mark a “tag” on the back with ribbon.
They look so finished and seem to fit really well. Exciting!
Turtle Pants!
I’ve been trying on and off for the last year or so to find or come up with a great cotton PJ pants pattern with an elastic waist and that works with our cloth diapers. (The kiddo is nearly two and we’re still going strong on that front – works for us, but pants are getting more challenging.) There have been many attempts, and all of them so far have met with failure. For the patterns, either the fit was off, the finishing was crummy, or the instructions were baffling. I’ve also tried making my own patterns by tracing his current clothes but the Christening outfit was the only one that really came out well.
We were at the fabric store (it’s next to the CSA pickup spot, and they hand out balloons!!) a few weeks ago and I noticed this book just as Henry was starting to hit his limit. Looked nice, though, based on my 7-second flip-through (the illustrations are somehow reminiscent of the Anne of Green Gables homemaker book that I loved in 5th grade), so it was essentially an impulse buy.
But WOW! The PJ pants pattern is pretty much awesome.
Such simple sewing (which is great given the amount of time I will be dedicating to the project), and although they’re big, they work. I feel like the much loved elephant pants are a size down (a solid 2T) whereas these are 3T and still biggish. Luckily they roll well (and hold the crease – yay double layer of cotton).
One last photo of the 23 month old kiddo, his “big truck!” book, and the turtle pants.
(Sorry you can’t really see the pants in that photo and the shirt doesn’t match – he was happy to try them on, didn’t want to take them off, and REALLY didn’t want to pose for the camera, so I gave up quickly.)
There are definitely going to be more iterations of this pattern – it’s great.