So…yeah…work has been kicking my fanny this year. I have been taking my computer home most days, so sewing at night has not been happening. Now I am really glad that I didn’t get a place in this season’s line up. I would be soooo stressed out!
Okay, Week 3 for Project Run and Play (missed Week 2), and we have Boy’s Week!
Yes, I am late…
But…yay, for Boy Clothes!
The Boy seems to have an inordinate amount of black stuff in his closet. It is a boy thing, most definitely. The older they get, the more limited the color range gets. Gone are the days of cutesy animal prints in a range of colors. Now he is really only interested in character shirts and Green Bay Packers jerseys.
Which is just fine, and supported by his parents and extended family. 🙂 In enemy territory you have to show your Packer pride! Go Pack! (Let’s just forget that last game, shall we??) 😉
Anyways, I got him a new pair of black jeans from Zulily in a size 10. They were too tight in the waist for our skinny kid and they were barely long enough. Gosh, I love their NO RETURNS policy. Done, done, done.
*sigh*
Time for mama to make something that fits.
This is the “Goofy” pattern #32 from Ottobre 6/2010. I think this is a cool pattern with a unique design to it. You are supposed to do it with a button fly, but he would rather have an elastic waist. Faux fly it is!
The directions in Ottobre are less than stellar, and I wouldn’t call this one something that is easy to construct. Those pockets on the front are kind of killer for a novice sewer. It is one of those pattern pieces you half sew, move it around, iron, topstitch and then finish sewing.
I really like how these pants turned out. I used corduroy and a aged black denim. I topstitched in cream thread.
The next piece is a western style button up shirt. I have made this one before. We are going to a rodeo this week (can’t wait!), so I figured he needed something themed to wear there. This is a rodeo fabric with the clown bullfighter and a bull. I was running really low on the red fabric, so that was a challenge to get enough to accent the shirt. I had to pull from the scrap basket, but I got enough to make it work!
I even found some western-style snaps in my stash. I had one extra, so I just made it.
Differences from the pattern:
- no flaps on the front pockets
- added a yoke overlay on the back
As I stated before…not a fan of the collar. I was too lazy to draft a real collar stand and collar, though. Plus, I was just running out of time to get it done.
Of course, I still didn’t get it done in time. *sigh* Sleep…who needs sleep??
I will update this post when I get a picture of him wearing it. Hopefully, by this weekend!
Looking forward to seeing him in it! I really like the red contrasts.