Kids Clothes Week Challenge – Day 1

If you missed my post on Friday – I planned out what I was going to make this week. Mmmm or my ‘no worries, I can do this, pie in the sky, never going to happen’ inspiration.

The idea is that you spend just one hour a day making clothes for your children – that can include cutting out patterns and fabric although it seems most bloggers/sewists do that the week prior so they can just concentrate on making the clothes during the week.

Well I have an INSANELY busy week this week – working four days, out tonight with a friend, tentative plans tomorrow with another visiting friend, working Wednesday night … you get the idea.

I didn’t want to miss the fun though so I may have made a few things yesterday. I hope to do a few more this week but might not sure until next week.

Blank Slate Vintage V neck Tshirt

First I wanted to make something for my little man. I let him choose the fabric – this lovely soft red stripe knit. I recently ordered a swatch from Spoonflower of their new performance knit (here is the mini moustache). It is rather slippery to sew with so don’t look too closely at that stitching. Master 7 loved the little mini moustache pocket though and that’s what counts!

Blank Slate Vintage Tshirt

Not many photos of his face as he had a bad reaction yesterday (I think pollen?) and had rather swollen eyes. He was very self-conscious.

This should have been a really quick sew but I was completely stumped on attaching the neck ribbing. Even asked hubby for help – mental note for future, don’t bother! Then I had one of those moments. It all just made sense. Kinda heard the choirs singing – ahhhhhh. Got it! Thinking back, it is sort of obvious but I just didn’t get it from the description or the photos.

Kapow

I bought this pattern with the Sew Fab Bundle a couple of weeks ago. One I have been looking at for a while so thrilled it was included. I will certainly be making a few more of these and Miss 4 has requested one too – love that she can look at this very boy version and see one for herself, in pink of course.

See puffy eyes – my poor little boy

Pattern: Blank Slate Vintage V neck Tshirt (affiliate link)

Fabric: Knit I recently bought from a friend packing up and moving to Sydney – yay!

Difficulty (1-10 scale with 1 being easy and 10 hard): well I will say 7 but really it is easy once you work out the vneck which is not that hard lol.

Time: less than an hour – including cutting the fabric.