tonight, i made a bucket hat

with elephants on one side

and linen on the other

it’s this pattern

from this book

the fabric is tiny elephants by daiwabo, lined with natural linen.  i made it in the 6-12 month size for my son, who is a december baby and HATES the sunshine.  lucky for him, he hasn’t had to “deal with it” much yet this year.

a few things:

• my plan is to try to sew projects that have been on my mind or my to do list for a while.  i’ve wanted to sew something from “little things to sew” because i adore oliver + s patterns, and this bucket hat was great!  next up is a dress from “carefree clothes for girls,” which i’ve been itching to sew from for over a year but the patterns start at size 4 and my daughter wasn’t big enough yet.  i think she is now.
• i work at an office all day and sew after the kids are in bed at night during the week.  this will make natural-light photography and photos of clothing on bodies very difficult (if not impossible) if i’m planning to blog in a timely manner this week.  sorry if my artificial light photos assault your eyes.
• i think i’m going to post whatever i finish each evening, then do a round up of everything later with the kids actually wearing it during the daytime.  i think that’ll work.
• doubt i’m going to get a lot of sleep this week.  i’m okay with that.