Thursday, April 18, 2013

Too much cuteness!

My son is two and a half.  He has been using the potty for a while now, but still needs help and wears a pull-up at times. Why am I telling you the sordid details of my son's life?  Because, you could not imagine how difficult it is to find cute clothes that address the pull-up fullness AND the ups & downs of daily potty runs!  Most of the clothes in stores that are cute have buttons and zippers... no good for a quick dash to the potty.  The ones that are elastic are sweats or knits that have no shape or style. (At least at the places I can afford to shop!)  I have just begun sewing for my little man and I have been having a blast doing it!  One of my favorite things to use when creating for my boy are home decorator fabric remnants.  I know, it sounds a little crazy - pictures of couch print pants and drapery sheers for sleeves fill your head. But it's not really that strange.  The fabric store near my home sells home deco remnants for $5-$6/yd.  And this stuff is GOOD QUALITY!  I've gotten micro suede, beachy-feeling canvasy-type stuff, just wonderful patterns and colors that say SPRING without screaming GIRLY!  I may be fooling myself, but I also feel like they will hold up to my rough-and-tumble little guy a little better than your average bottom-weight. This all brings me to my most recent outfit made for him.  A month or so ago, I purchased the Sun & Surf pattern collection from Pattern Anthology.  There are not enough good words in the English language to describe how much I love the pieces in this collection.  I have a five-year old daughter and a 2.5 year old son and have made (or at least cut out) each piece at least once. They are stylish, easy-wearing, detailed clothing with a specific point of view created by some exceedingly talented ladies whom I greatly admire. PLEASE check them out! 
BUT FIRST, check out my little man in his Surfer Slacks and Submarine Pull-Over. Those surfer Slacks are SO AWESOME!!  They are roomy enough for a pull-up, but still look slim.  And they have a fantastic elastic waistband that my son can pull up/down with ease!  I just love them! He has a Beachy Boatneck on in navy blue underneath, but alas, would not take the pull-over off to show me:
This is my front!


And this is my back!


Too much CUTENESS!!



2 comments:

  1. Your little guy is adorable! And great sewing, you have great color and pattern combinations, this outfit is so rad!! Thank you so much for sharing the link to it, I love seeing my patterns in action! If you want to, add it to our pattern anthology flickr pool and/or my see kate sew one and we'll feature it!

    http://www.flickr.com/groups/patternanthology/

    http://www.flickr.com/groups/seekatesew/

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    1. Thank you for stopping by to check it out!! I am always thrilled when I get a visit from a sewing/blogging idol! The pants are rockin! He gets lots of compliments on them! I've been sewing for over 30 years (since I was eight!) and have always loved making children's clothes. I am loving being able to make awesome stuff for my daughter AND my son!!

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