Me Made May 2012

I, Brittany Cole of Crafty Woman Creations, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '12. I endeavor to have Billy or myself wear one piece of Me-made clothing at least 3 days a week for the duration of May 2012.

I don't have enough clothes that I have made for myself, but with the ones I made for Billy, I think we can wear them 3 days a week. I am not going to post every day or week. I will post a collection at the end of the month. Hopefully I will be able to make more clothes for myself over the next few weeks and I can wear me made more frequently than my current goal.

Kids Clothes Week Challenge - Days 6 & 7

I was able to finish Billy's new version of Washday Blues from "Making Baby's Clothes" I am really happy with how it came out. I will definitely be making more versions. Sorry I don't have a good picture. Snickerdoodle was a bit uncooperative.

I took about 50 pictures and most of them were like the second one.

Kids Clothes Week Challenge - Day 5

Today I was able to get a lot of work done on Billy's new outfit from "Making Baby's Clothes." I am working on the Washday Blues design agan since the first version I made was far to large for him.

I still have to finish the hems on the sleeves and the bottom. Then a good press. After that, the pants!

Kids Clothes Week Challenge - Day 4

Today I am feeling much better. I was able to finish all 3 pairs of baby pants for Abel.

I am going to go start cutting the fabric for Noodle's outfit now!

Kids Clothes Week Challenge - Day 3

Yesterday afternoon I got "emergency wisdom tooth extraction" so I am not feeling incredibly crafty at the moment. However, I did want to work on the challenge at least a bit. Since I did not feel like sitting at the machine and sewing, I traced the pattern pieces for Billy's new version of Washday Blues from "Making Baby's Clothes."

I will try to get a bit more done tonight but I am not going to stress myself out trying to get at least an hour in today. Such is life.

Kids Clothes Week Challenge Day 2

Today, for the Kids Clothes Week Challenge, I worked on the pants for baby Abel. I continued with my assembly line approach and they have been coming together rather quickly.

Step 1: Sew all crotch seams.

Step 2: Trim to 1/4"

Step 3: Overcast edges.

Step 4: Press seams to the side. I usually press the front and back seams in opposite directions so there isn't a big bulky spot in the crotch.

Step 5: Repeat steps 1 - 4 for leg seams.

Step 6: Press up hems for the legs and waist bands.

Tomorrow I should be able to finish these up and start on some adorable pieces for the Noodle! I think I am going to make another version of Washday Blues from Making Baby's Clothes. This time I will make the 3-6 month size and hopefully it will fit. For the top, I am going to use the rest of the red gingham print fabric left from making these baby pants. I am going to use white twill left over from Billy's Halloween costume for the bottoms.

Kids Clothes Week Challenge - Day 1

For day 1 of the Kids Clothes Week Challenge I decided to make some little pants for my cousin Megan and her new baby Abel. He is not even 2 weeks old. I wanted to make a few different pairs to send her so I set up an assembly line.

Step 1: Choose fabric and pattern. My fabrics are all 100% cotton. I used my go to baby pant pattern from Made By Rae, Raes Basic Newborn Pants.

red gingham print

my favorite green with white polka dots

white and black stripe seersucker

Step 2: Press

Step 3: Cut

Snickerdoodle started to fuss when I was finishing the cutting so it was my cue to clean up and cuddle. I did get in just a bit over an hour of work done so I met my goal. More tomorrow!