KCWC day 2.

Today was for Jack. I realized last week poor kid only has one pair of shorts, and his pants are quickly becoming floods.  So I set off to make him a pair of shorts... and of course something more fun to sew (because let's face it, plain bottoms are just not as exciting to sew as a pretty little dress) so I also made another skinny tee. 

He wasn't too happy to get his picture taken, but I may have bribed him with Blue's Clues if he would take a few nice ones.  And this^^ is what I got.  He posed himself in all these, in case you were wondering.

Goofy boy.

I saw another skinny tee made in this fabric in the flickr pool and had it in my head to do ever since.  So I cut out the sleeves... and they were upside down!  Duh!! I don't often work with directional prints for just this reason.  So wanting to conserve the rest of the yard for another tee when he grows out of this one (or perhaps a baby gift?) I went with brown ribbing for the sleeves.  I wont do that again.  I am not a huge fan of working with ribbing and would have prefered some interlock or jersey.  Oh well, it gives it a nice texture.

The shorts are from Sew sweet patterns.  Oh, where do I start?  I cut them out and started on them on Saturday and finished them this morning.  I have been so spoiled with my obsession Oliver and S patterns that give exact measurements for chest, waist, hip, weight height to get the perfect fit... or at least a good headstart to get the right fit!  This had weight.  That's it.  So I went with his weight figuring I could just hem them shorter if needed.  He wears 4t RTW and that is the size I made.  HUGE.  Seriously, so big on him.  I am thinking of making the waist 2 sizes smaller and the length one size smaller.  They don't look horrible when his shirt is pulled down past the waistband, but they wont be worn for a long time.

They are a flat front with an elastic waistband.  The 4t says to use 10 inches of elastic.  I knew that didn't look right so I tried it on before I sewed the waist shut and ended up going with 8 inches, and that is still too big, he is constantly pulling them up. And since they are so big the front waistband wraps well around to the back.  Sigh.  And fail.  I am going to go back to O+S, the sandbox (which I heard run big... but at least I know!) and the sketchbook are on my list for the boy.

Then on the way out the door I tried to tell him his shorts were on the wrong feet and he said "No! I twisted my arms so they are on right!" Uhm, okay?