{Kids Clothes Week} ~ DAY 1 ~ Hip Hop Harems

Well, it's that time again, how does it come around so quickly.  it only seem like last week that I finished my last kcw item some rock star raglan tees for Elijah which is loves, and wears everywhere.

I told my husband yesterday "Kids clothes week starts tomorrow and his response was "oh no, what does that mean for me?"

Well...it means that I will be more focused on what I'm sewing, AS WELL as photographing nicely and blogging every day.  It means that the house will be messy (messier than usual), dishes will only get done when there is no more bench space and the washing will only get folded when the pile looks like this and I can't fit any more in the basket!!

 

But, the children will have nice new clothes to wear and I will feel proud that I can dress them in items that no one else has.  there is something very satisfying about when someone says to your child "what a pretty dress" and your child answer "my mummy made it".

Well on to my TO DO list for KCW this season.  

My plan is 

(in no particular order)

Panel Pants for Elijah

Romper dress (new design) for Brylie

Wool Vests for Brylie and Portia

a few more rock star raglans for Elijah

Romper for Portia

Hip hop harems for Elijah

Portia and Brylie Pettiskirts.

There is a theme this season

I haven't worked out how to incorporate this into my items as of yet, it may just be that I allow them to choose their fabrics...I'm not very good at giving up that control.

So today is DAY 1:

Pattern: Hip Hop Harems

Size: 4 for Elijah

Fabric: Cotton knit and cotton lycra.

So Elijah has been wearing only a few different pairs of pants over this winter and so I thought it would be good to make him a few more pairs.  I wanted to make them thicker for winter, but I only had plain fabric and merino and he was complaining the merino I used last time was scratchy, and I wanted him to actually wear them, so I opted for some cute little knits I had, one with cars and one with dinosaurs.

This is my newest pattern, released a few days ago, and goes from 0-6years.  It can be made in knit or woven and they look super cute on cloth nappy bottoms.

They are a very quick sew, I made these two in less than an hour.

I was excited to see how they looked on Elijah, but when I got him home he would only try on the car ones, apparently the dinosaurs were going to eat him up...lol

On the other hand he LOVED the car ones and wore them the rest of the day..

I think he was pretty chuffed that I'd made something for him for a change.

He's getting quite good at modelling for me now.

and where would a blog post from me be without a little photo bomber.

So anyone else joining in with KCW this week?  What are you planning on making?