Yep. I am participating in Elsie Marley's Kids Clothes Week Challenge. Which means that I am committing to sewing for Arjun one hour each day for seven days. Why not? It's not like I don't have a million other things to do! Actually, I love being way-too-busy and there are some things that I have been wanting to make for Arjun anyway.
Arjun and I read 4-6 books a night before he goes to sleep and he usually likes to read a favorite book several nights in a row before we can put it back on the shelf and swap it for another. Sometimes he even likes to read the same book several times in a row before we can move on to the next.
One of his current favorites is The Runaway Dinner by Allan Ahlberg.
In which a little boy named Banjo chases after his dinner after it gets up from his plate and runs away.
Arjun likes his clothes.
He wants me to make him a white star shirt with blue sleeves. He already has a yellow star shirt with blue sleeves that I made him before we ever even discovered this book. Now he wants a white one. Like Banjo's. And he wants pink shorts. With pockets.
I already have the fabric picked out for the shorts - which will actually be pink and orange because I don't want to copy the picture exactly....I will most likely modify the shirt a bit too since that's what I do.
I used a basic pants pattern from Ottobre Magazine - which I LOVE. And which starts out looking like this:
Which scares most people - including me. You have to trace out the pattern amidst all of the other patterns that are tangled up and layered on top of the one you want - which is actually not quite as difficult as it seems.
I like for my patterns to have body to them so I laid the tracing paper version on top of thicker paper and cut both layers at once.
I made a prototype to check lengths and widths. Good thing too, since it will need significant adjusting and I won't want to miscut my deep pink corduroy.
Arjun posed for me! When I asked him to stand up, sit down and turn around...he did! He understands now that he can see the pictures of himself after I take them and it interests him. Lucky for me! I took these pictures with my phone. I'll do better when there is more to see....
Arjun and I read 4-6 books a night before he goes to sleep and he usually likes to read a favorite book several nights in a row before we can put it back on the shelf and swap it for another. Sometimes he even likes to read the same book several times in a row before we can move on to the next.
One of his current favorites is The Runaway Dinner by Allan Ahlberg.
Arjun likes his clothes.
I already have the fabric picked out for the shorts - which will actually be pink and orange because I don't want to copy the picture exactly....I will most likely modify the shirt a bit too since that's what I do.
I used a basic pants pattern from Ottobre Magazine - which I LOVE. And which starts out looking like this:
Which scares most people - including me. You have to trace out the pattern amidst all of the other patterns that are tangled up and layered on top of the one you want - which is actually not quite as difficult as it seems.
Arjun posed for me! When I asked him to stand up, sit down and turn around...he did! He understands now that he can see the pictures of himself after I take them and it interests him. Lucky for me! I took these pictures with my phone. I'll do better when there is more to see....
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Sounds like a fun challenge! Can't wait to see how his outfit turns out. Love the inspiration from the book, too. Arjun is a lucky boy!
ReplyDeleteReally, I am the lucky one!
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