Welcome to my stop on the Winter Wear Designs tour! I am so excited to share my Real Deal Jeans with you today. That's right! I made jeans! For REAL jeans for me! Not for one of my kids!
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Greenstyle Focus on Fall Tour
I can't tell you how excited I am to be a part of Greenstyle's Focus on Fall Tour!
Greenstyle Creations has some fabulous patterns for the entire family. Stylish stuff that your crew will actually want to wear! In fact, there are a couple patterns I will be picking up for my 16 year old son. I know he would love the Hudson Hooded T-shirt. And I even have a discount code to use. I'll share it at the end of this post. I'm nice like that. ;)
When I had my choice of patterns from the kid's line to sew up for the tour, I had the hardest time choosing what to sew. I finally settled on the Brassie Capri Pants, Lacy and Lane Hooded T-Shirt, and the Regan Dress or Shirt.
Yep, that Regan dress/shirt is totally a girl pattern. But I will share with you how I made it more boyish.
When I had my choice of patterns from the kid's line to sew up for the tour, I had the hardest time choosing what to sew. I finally settled on the Brassie Capri Pants, Lacy and Lane Hooded T-Shirt, and the Regan Dress or Shirt.
Yep, that Regan dress/shirt is totally a girl pattern. But I will share with you how I made it more boyish.
We did two looks for our stop on the tour. Both looks feature the Brassie Capri Pants.
Our first look is a pajama/lounge wear look.
I used the Regan shirt option and changed the body to a more boxy style more suitable for a boy. I also straightened out the bell sleeves. Perfect comfy t-shirt for my guy to sleep in. Or play in. Who are we kidding? Clothes totally do double duty at my house.
Riley Blake Designs was so generous to supply all the fabric you see here for this look. The orange stripes and grey solid are a wonderful cotton jersey from the knit basics line and the foxes are from their line Good Natured and are a cotton woven. LOVE those foxes!
Our first look is a pajama/lounge wear look.
I used the Regan shirt option and changed the body to a more boxy style more suitable for a boy. I also straightened out the bell sleeves. Perfect comfy t-shirt for my guy to sleep in. Or play in. Who are we kidding? Clothes totally do double duty at my house.
Riley Blake Designs was so generous to supply all the fabric you see here for this look. The orange stripes and grey solid are a wonderful cotton jersey from the knit basics line and the foxes are from their line Good Natured and are a cotton woven. LOVE those foxes!
This pair of pants was sewn per his waist measurments. They are a bit slim, but trust me, he had no problems running around in them. I lengthened the pattern to make them pants length. I have no problem with capris on him, but he is funny about them. They confuse him. He says they are too small. LOL This are really comfy and sew up super fast! I plan to make a few more pairs in knit for him. He likes cozy fabrics.
Our second look is a day time look. But we took a quick detour while changing for that shoot. I hadn't planned on it, but I really like the mix and match way the two styles go together. So of course we had to take a couple of pictures with the stacked patterns!
Here I paired some Birch Organics that I had previously purchased with the Riley Blake grey knit. Really love those fabrics together in this Lacy and Lane Hooded T-shirt. He loves the large hood and of course, thumb holes in the cuffs!
The Brassie pants I made for his day look are from a cozy flannel I purchased from JoAnn's last year. It has a slight herringbone pattern to them. I sewed up a size larger than his waist measurement for this pair, so they have a slightly baggy look to them, that I love. I did insert some elastic into the waist band to make sure they stay in place. We do our best to avoid wardrobe malfunctions over here.
I would call this look "styling nature boy". The cuffs protected his tender little hands from all the climbing. Those were his words by the way. The cuff fabric is from Purple Seamstress.
It's grainy, slightly out of focus, and I totally underexposed it. But that folks, is the look of concentration and determination in a 4 year old.
By the way, nearly every picture is out of focus because the kid would NOT hold still for a second. And I wasn't able to crank up the shutter speed of the camera enough to keep up. He took those woods as his own personal America Ninja Warrior course.
He built this catapult with his daddy this week. He was so excited to bring it out with us. It bought me 15 seconds of stillness. That was a joke. Next time I'll bring more pom poms with us.
So there you have our two, okay, three really, looks for the tour. Perfect fall styling for an active boy in the woods or the city!
Be sure to check out all the other stops on the tour!
Our second look is a day time look. But we took a quick detour while changing for that shoot. I hadn't planned on it, but I really like the mix and match way the two styles go together. So of course we had to take a couple of pictures with the stacked patterns!
Here I paired some Birch Organics that I had previously purchased with the Riley Blake grey knit. Really love those fabrics together in this Lacy and Lane Hooded T-shirt. He loves the large hood and of course, thumb holes in the cuffs!
The Brassie pants I made for his day look are from a cozy flannel I purchased from JoAnn's last year. It has a slight herringbone pattern to them. I sewed up a size larger than his waist measurement for this pair, so they have a slightly baggy look to them, that I love. I did insert some elastic into the waist band to make sure they stay in place. We do our best to avoid wardrobe malfunctions over here.
I would call this look "styling nature boy". The cuffs protected his tender little hands from all the climbing. Those were his words by the way. The cuff fabric is from Purple Seamstress.
By the way, nearly every picture is out of focus because the kid would NOT hold still for a second. And I wasn't able to crank up the shutter speed of the camera enough to keep up. He took those woods as his own personal America Ninja Warrior course.
He built this catapult with his daddy this week. He was so excited to bring it out with us. It bought me 15 seconds of stillness. That was a joke. Next time I'll bring more pom poms with us.
So there you have our two, okay, three really, looks for the tour. Perfect fall styling for an active boy in the woods or the city!
Be sure to check out all the other stops on the tour!
Greenstyle Creations Focus on Fall Blog Tour Schedule
October 13- Kick off Post by Blogs Like A Mother
October 14- Friends Stitched Together
October 15- Handmade Boy
October 16- Becca Duval Photography
October 17- The Lady and The Gents
October 18- Snickerdoodle Stew
October 19- The Sewing Sparrow
October 20- Once Upon A Sewing Machine
October 21- Babyfish Designs
October 22- FABulous Home-Sewn
October 23- Gracious Threads
October 24- Wrap Up Post by Blogs Like A Mother
Love what you see and want to sew up your own fab clothes for fall for your kids? Well you're in luck! Greenstyle Creations is offering a 25% discount with the code "25discount" during the tour.
And there is a raffle!!! Who doesn't love a give-a-way?! I want to give a huge thank you to
Whimsical Fabrics and Greenstyle Creations for providing the prize packages. Enter by using the widget below!
Whimsical Fabrics and Greenstyle Creations for providing the prize packages. Enter by using the widget below!
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Bundle Up Boy's Blog Tour
My first blog tour!! I was so excited when I was asked to be a part of the Bundle Up Boy's blog tour!
There are so many great patterns, I couldn't decided what to choose! But I finally got it narrowed down to Brownie-Goose Pattern's Butler Britches that I paired up with Fairytale Pattern's Letterman Jacket.
Seriously, how great are these together!
I love the look we came up with!
First, let's talk pants.
They look a bit different than the pattern shows, right.
Well, I was sewing along, minding my own business and BAM! The fabulous lines of the Butler Britches just smacked me in the face and begged me to leave the cuffs off the pants entirely. It wasn't until after a lot of mental back and forth though! Do I dare leave off a key element of the design? I finally went for it and so glad I did! I did ask Amy, the amazing designer of Brownie-Goose, and she gave me the thumbs up to go with it. :)
The pattern has two options for the pocket style. LOVE the pockets on
these!
There are also two different waistband styles as well, flat
front, or elastic throughout. I went with the flat front and I think
these could be pulled out when he needs a dressier pair of pants, they
look so clean and modern.
I used a super light weight denim for these. They are so soft and comfy! He requested more of these. Honestly! So I have more planned, of course! I want to do a pair in flannel for him for pajamas. I can't wait to get to those. :) I have some beautiful Michael Miller broadcloth in a gorgeous gray that is set aside for a pair as well.
The fit on these is perfect! Thomas is really skinny and tall. I went with the size 2T for the waist and then used the size 5 for the rise and the inseam. The rise is a bit high for his liking, the waist sits right across his belly button. Next time I will probably use a 3 or a 4 for the rise. Clearly his height is all in his legs and not his torso.
The directions are written up in a very nice way and have lots of little tips for avoiding mistakes. Things like marking which rise is the front so you don't sew your pockets on the wrong side. Not that these pockets wouldn't be adorable in the front also! These pants are a crazy fast sew without the cuffs. The instructions for the cuffs is very clear, so I can't imagine they take a long time to do either. I'd call this a one nap time pattern.
Now the coat.
This Letterman Jacket is the bomb. That is all. Enough said.
I went my own direction with it and totally ignored the fabric suggestions of fleece, sweatshirt fleece, twill, bottomweights, denim, corduroy, flannel backed satin and faux leather. I used knits. Specifically, I used a sweatshirt knit (black fabric) (not sure why it is called that, it's nothing like a sweatshirt. It's more like a thick brushed interlock.) and french terry (yellow) and a ribbed knit as suggested for the waistband and cuffs.
"Want me to smile like this, Mom?"
I also fully lined this bad boy with some soft cotton/lycra fabric. The actual pattern for the Letterman's Jacket is unlined, which is great for the fabrics actually suggested for the pattern! But, between the lighter weight fabric I went with, and the fact that little man is a sensitive little guy and seams drive him mad along his neck, I altered the pattern and lined it.
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(yucky iphone picture)
So, I took all those wonderfully cozy fabrics, a great pattern and then throw in some BATMAN! How could this coat not be loved by a four year old boy?
The large Batman symbol on the back is a hand made applique. I used the same french terry as I used for the sleeves. The rest of the patches are from an amazing hoodie I bought from Target a few years back that was long out grown.
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It was really hard to cut into this. He LOVED this hoodie and wore it all the time. I am so happy that the elements of the hoodie can live on though!
The pockets are traditional letterman jacket welt pockets. I heart welt pockets!
(Don't fall for the puppy eyes. He can fake sad like nobody's business!)
I placed a patch on the upper sleeve like you can find on many letterman jackets.
He is such a tenderhearted guy. He was watching some older boys play and the two oldest left the youngest behind while he called for them to wait up. It concerned Thomas a lot that the boy was left by his friends. Such a sweet kid I have.
And a huge goof ball at the same time. LOL
Thanks for stopping by and check out our new look using Brownie-Goose's Butler Britches and Fairytale Pattern's Letterman Jacket! Be sure to check out all the amazing blogs along the tour!
Disclaimer: I was not paid for this post. I did receive the two patterns I reviewed for free. My thoughts and opinions on the patterns are purely mine.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Did you hear?! Bundle Up Boy's Sale
Have you heard about the awesome Bundle Up Boy's Sale coming up August 22-29? If you didn't know, Bundle Up is a "collective of your favorite established PDF sewing pattern designers coming together to offer you a sweet deal on hot new patterns." That is the description from the website. :) Each bundle is themed, this one being for boys, YEA!! All of the patterns are new release, so no worries about if you have the patterns already, because you don't! AND, you can decide which patterns you want! You buy a minimum of 6 to take advantage up the bundle, but the more you buy, the more you save. Cool, huh! (There is a surprise at the end of this post!)
So, have I mentioned that I was lucky enough to test not one, but TWO of the amazing new patterns?
Isn't he styling! Let's start with the Lumberjack Shirt.
This cozy shirt pattern is loaded with options! You can make your shirt lined, or unlined or with a collar or a hood. I went with a snuggly flannel shirt lined with cotton knit and a knit interlock hood that is lined with jersey cotton. This shirt is a great weight and is perfect for a light jacket even.
This instructions in the pattern and nice and clear. Even if you haven't done button cuffs on a shirt, you can get beautiful results with this pattern. As you can see here, I was lazy and simply serged my layers together. It was a bit thick to fold over and hem like the pattern instructed to do.
The hood is a great option for us. This little guy loves to keep his head warm when it is the slightest bit chilly out, so I know this will get tons of use! And when it gets cold, I can actually layer this shirt under another light weight coat without a hood that he never wants to wear, because of missing said hood, and he will be nice and toasty well through November.
The option of the double pockets are nice. Next time I think I am going to modify things a bit and add side seam pockets. Because a boy can never have enough pockets, right?
This shirt also rocks on a girl!
Isn't it sweet! She loves it and has requested another from hot pink and black buffalo plaid. Girl has good tastes!
Awe, the magic of a photograph. Looks like they adore each other doesn't it. Ha! They love to drive each other crazy! Siblings, they will be nice to each other as adults, right?
Okay, back to business! The second pattern I tested was the Field Research Pants by Scientific Seamstress.
If you are looking for a pair of pants that are a bit more challenging, these are your pants!
The instructions are fantastic and you will feel like a rock star when you get that zip off pant leg installed. That's right! The pant legs zip off!
Look at that zipper! I'm telling you, they go in so easily and beautifully you will amazing yourself!
The pants are corduroy, though it doesn't look like it. It's rather light weight so they aren't so hot when they are in shorts mode.
Speaking of shorts mode, I blew his mind when I zipped the pant legs off! Love it!
And have you noticed all the pockets? There are SIX! Two back, two front and two cargo pockets. Pockets gallor! Perfect for all the trinkets he finds hiking. Care to guess how many CLEAN rocks I have in a jar on my washing machine?
Aren't they sweet! Like the belt? I'll do a tutorial on that soon!
LOVE these two patterns together! He makes for one stylish four year old. Not to mention he is all set to go exploring through the woods this fall. He loves hiking and can't get enough of it, so I imagine we will get a lot of use out of this set.
Here are a few more shots, because..... well, I can!
Now, are you ready for the surprise? You can win the collection of Bundle Up Boy's patterns before you can buy them! Are you excited? I know I am!
Go HERE for your chance to win the collection!
Go HERE to check out all 12 amazing patterns in the bundle!
*Disclosure: I did receive the two patterns I tested for free in exchange of testing them out. The opinions on the patterns are all mine. Yep! I really do love them!
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