sewing for children

It was late last week that I, in my famous day late dollar short fashion, stumbled upon a blog (Elsie Marley) written by a very gifted seamstress Meg Freeman. Apparently, last week she issued the KCWC - Kids Clothes Week Challenge - where the goal is to attempt to complete an article of children's clothing for each day of the week. I was scrolling through some of the posts and admiring the work of Meg and some of her fellow bloggers and fans when envy got the best of me. So what if the challenge was last week! I'm challenging myself this week. This week I will try to sew something for one of my children every day. Now, I can't promise you anything, but with my husband home for the week this might be a task that I can pull off with some ease even with two VERY small children. So, with that introduction here is my first completed project.

Remember those Quick Change Trousers by Anna Maria Horner that I raved about so much that I made several pairs for my daughter in record time? Remember how I wrote that the boy would be getting a pair too? Well, here they are! Except, now that the weather has warmed, I had to adjust the pattern slightly and trousers became shorts. I love these pants - uh, shorts - so much that I think a few more are in order. Check back later in the week to see if I can make it happen. In the meantime, the boy has his pants and I am so happy to see that cute bottom of his happily frolicking and getting dirty in some mama handiwork.