Sewing Saturday

A while back I had seen on the Attic24 blog, a link to a pattern for a Minecraft creature.  I don't know them particularly but BJ sure does.  He knows all about this darned game.  But you know what?  He has never actually played it!  Anyway, there is a link to an Enderman thingy so he wanted one.  Of course.  Well I had it cut out & decided he could sew some!  How hard can whip stitching be?  He managed mostly.  He got impatient & did huge stitches to get done faster.  I told him the guts would fall out if he did that, which did of course bring a smile to the face of the boy that was getting crabby that he wasn't doing it right the first time.  (wonder where he gets that from?)  So far we have done a head only but he has carried it around all day.  Need the pattern?  Here it is...

Two weeks ago I had cut out these pants.   (actually I think I cut some out last year too, really should find that stuff...)  

Anyway, I sat down to sew them.  It was a weird weather day today so sewing was a good idea really!  These are a pattern by Make it Perfect - Little Explorer.  They are good patterns for learning to make clothes with I think.  I am really not a seamstress.  But these were amazingly easy!  I think they wouldn't take more than an hour to cut out & sew them up.  I was making a big pair for DJ but they were way to big for him, but fit BJ quite well.  He could do with them longer maybe but really they do the job & he finally has a pair of shorts that don't fall off him!  Made to measure!  What could be better!  He is so skinny & tall - these are actually the size 4...   They are made of navy drill with a nice touch of whales on the cuffs.  Didn't have enough of that left to do a pocket on the back.  Not that they need one, it's more for show.  

Then after all that BJ time, DJ was feeling a bit left out...  

This week at work we got some Thomas the Tank Engine fabric.  Ummm... yeah, what a con.  I broke my own rule of not buying any for a month when it has just come in.  But I think that's OK if I actually take it home & make it already!  This is of course my go to hat pattern that I have lost count of how many I have made, another Make it Perfect one - Lazy Day Hat.  

So he's happy.  Except he wants an Enderman too.  Of course he does.  (head thump here - must remember to cut out 2 of these things at a time instead of one!)...