Kid's Clothing Week: Outfit One

I'm pretty excited to have two outfits done so far (the second one will be posted tomorrow). I'm a really big procrastinator so I kind of thought I would be sewing everything at the end of the week. However, I cleaned the house, and made my lists on Saturday so I was all ready to sew, sew, sew this week! 

Cordelia honestly loves this top- which has me soo happy. This only took me 30 minutes or so to draft and sew up because it's actually an upcycled skirt of mine. . .a very short skirt of mine. . .from High School when I lacked common sense about how long skirts should be.

I whipped up my first pair of homemade leggings to go with them- super easy and I'm not sure why I never made leggings before now (well, except my fear of knits). This pair was self drafted from a store bought pair- with several inches added to the bottom because she is just sooo tall! 

I loved all of the crazy happy faces she made while we were taking pictures this time <3 p="">

By Plane, Train, or Automobile

It's not to often I get to sew for a little boy (mostly my sewing projects involve ruffles) so it was nice to take some time to make something very all boy! We are luckily enough to live right next door to a little boy who is only a couple of months younger than Cordelia, and it's been loads of fun to watch them grow up together. I can't wait till we get to the point when they really play together, instead of just next to each other, then maybe their exhausted parents will be able to sit down for a bit! 

He is really into trucks, and trains, and airplanes so off Cordelia and I went to find the perfect fabric to make him a shirt! Cordelia really liked this colorful one, and I hope he is just as tickled with it. 

I used the short sleeve button up shirt pattern from the book Sewn With Love. Brendon bought me the book awhile ago, and I have to admit that this is the first time that I tried any of the patterns. I had to cut down the size 3-4 so it was more like a 2-3 but other than that it worked great. The directions were clear, and the book is just beautiful to begin with. 

I added the piping around the arms, and the pocket to play off the bright red buttons. I'm a tad worried it looks like a pajama top, but I think it will be ok once it's worn with jeans- what do you think?