Kids Clothes Week

Kids Clothes Week is a seasonal sewing challenge that asks sewers to dedicate one hour per day for one week to sewing clothes for...kids.  Duh.  I really had planned on doing this; I have an endless to do list of sewing projects for my kids.  But the complications of a sick child and the overwhelming need to purge everything before this next baby is born forced me to just. sew. anything. and get it out of my way!

The sweet dress above had seen many days...and showed it!  It is now too small for Fiona and I had planned on mending the hole and packing it away for the next two girls...but I really hate gathers.  Instead, two simple skirts were created and my two batches of close sisters will have matching skirts!

The pants below aren't even kids clothes.  They are mine.  I bought them online at Old Navy on clearance.  The pockets bulged funny and I absolutely hated them.  If I would have found them in a store and tried them on, I would have put them back.  But since they were on clearance and the shipping cost more than the pants to return, I decided to try my first alteration.  This was like, two years ago.

Yay me! I totally finished them and it only took me about an hour.  Most of the time was spent ripping out the old seams.  Sewing only took about three minutes.  Can you believe I let this pair of pants sit on the floor next to my sewing machine for two years and just be clutter? Shame on me!

I am just charging through my list of sewing projects and am very proud of myself.  I've finished:

• three cloth diapers
• two pairs of shorts for Daniel
• a pair of flannel pjs for Ian
• two sets of curtains for the baby room (also sitting under my sewing machine for FOUR years!)
• odd mending
• sundress for Lula
• flannel nightgown for Fiona

And there is still two days left! I have finished most of what has been bugging me and I'm almost ready to pack away all my fabric until next summer.

Dinosaur Shorts

Daniel was having a problem.  His shorts kept falling down!  Who wants to play with a brother whose shorts keep falling down? Not my girls.

It's a good thing Dana came out with her Kid Shorts pattern.  And its a good thing I happened to have a scrap of dinosaur fabric from a pair of shorts I made for his older brother.

The pattern is only $6 and it ranges from size 12 months to ten years and there are versions for both boys and girls.  Um, yeah, I can totally get my money's worth out of this pattern!

In about 30 minutes, Daniel's problem was solved and he's been playing ever since.