little apple apron

February 18, 2016April 19, 20167 Comments

this little guy turned TWO last week! i would say “already,” but his unpredictable sleep habits were a major contributor to the fact that i blog a lot less than i used to, so part of me feels like i’ve been waiting him out, knowing eventually he’d learn that waking up crying right as mom and dad drift off to sleep is NOT COOL. anyway, he’s two now! he’s putting extremely adorable sentences together, he sings along to songs with the big kids, and he loves to pretend cook, especially soup!

for his birthday, i wanted to make him a fat quarter apron, which i’ve made for both big kids (never blogged). they’ve been hanging in his play kitchen area and he has been putting them on lately, so it was time. Continue reading →

handmade halloween 2015: vampire bat

November 16, 2015November 15, 20154 Comments

back with O’s Halloween costume! for a long time he had told me he wanted to be a vampire this year, which i was pretty excited about. thought it’d be fun to have a classic Dracula little guy. but the week before halloween, AFTER i had already bought fabric for a cape and black trousers, he said no, he actually wanted to be a vampire BAT. like the animal. so i sort of went with a hybrid.

i started with his cape/wings, which i insisted on lining with the red nylon i had gotten at Mill End to look more “vampire” like. i drew the pattern out on a big sheet of easel paper, making the wingspan match his armspan and sort of echoing the style of last year’s Toothless costume. then i cut it out of some microsuede type fabric my mom had given me plus the red, sewed right sides together then turned, and quilted the lines in from the neck to each point of the wings. Continue reading →

shark pants!

July 23, 2015July 28, 20157 Comments

look out, it’s a shark!

haha just kidding they’re only shark pants. cozy cozy shark pants.

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KCW: ed emberley pj pants

April 24, 2015April 23, 20158 Comments

i have a pretty strong tradition of pajama pants sewing for kids clothes week, especially for this kid here. LET THE TRADITION CONTINUE.

pajama pants are the perfect way to turn a really fun print into something wearable and cozy. boy prints can be hard to find projects for, but PJ pants are always a winner i think. Continue reading →

one little octonaut

March 26, 2015March 26, 201529 Comments

i did not predict how having a second boy would affect my sewing output. i should’ve – i’m a pretty practical person. but now i know that if i spend time sewing for O, two little fellas will be able to wear it. C now wears O’s handmade hand-me-downs, and it’s pretty darn cute.

plus i’m a firm believer in “boy clothes can be fun and exciting too,” especially when the kiddo has a say in them!