Randine's Christmas Hoodie

Yes, I realize I am a couple of months late. That's how I roll. I don't know why it has taken me so long. These fleece hoodies sew up super fast. There isn't much to them.

I cut it out and sewed it up yesterday. She stopped by last night to pick it up. Mom made her model, of course.

What did she say? "Where's the pocket we discussed?" Oh, yeah. I forgot. Knowing that she wasn't going to be satisfied until it had a pocket I had her leave it overnight. Today I let her know it was ready, again. More modeling ensued.

I think she finally likes it.

Errol's Pajamas Are Finished

That is one owed Christmas present I can cross off the list. Here are the finished pajama pants. I doubt I'll be able to get him to model them so this will have to do.

I sure hope they fit. I had to guess at the elastic. Errol is so skinny, I'm sure they'll be fine. Here is a close-up of the mock fly detail, complete with button.

Pj pants sew up really quickly. Here is a picture of one of the pockets. I used a solid color on the inside front of the pocket.

I had barely  enough thread. This was a brand new spool when I started. I need to remember not to buy such tiny spools.

Children First

I am itching to begin a new sewing project for ME...but first I need to sew up the 3 Christmas gifts I owe. They won't take long. Just 3 fleece hoodies and a pair of PJ bottoms. Still, I am dragging my feet. Today I decided to get started on Errol's PJ's since they will be the more difficult (and interesting) of the 3 projects. He doesn't know it but his PJ bottoms will be an experiment. I want to see if I can accurately shorten both the crotch and leg lengths. That was my main unhappiness with this pattern when I made a pair for myself. I took Errol's measurements to determine what size to sew for him. Extra Small which was no surprise. He is a little guy. I also took his inseam measurement (28") and am using that to adjust the leg length. Once I altered the tissue pattern I transferred the correct size markings over to my parchment paper. You can see below that the paper wasn't quite wide enough and I had to splice a bit onto the crotch corner (lower right).

And here are the pieces all cut out and ready to sew. I adore this flannel print. It's a camping theme with little camper trailers. So cute!