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Connor costume – vest and pants

By on April 12, 2015

The almost last of the sewn pieces! For the vest I used a basic top block.  I gave it some shaping, different hemlines and created an opening in the front.  I elongated the front piece to give it a collar and then added a collar to the back neckband. The slits in the front (what […]

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Connor costume – The Jacket

By on March 29, 2015

I am still working on the costume, so I thought I would post the bits I get finished up as I get them done.  The beading on the arms was posted here. So… The jacket is just a hodge podge of layers that are difficult to discern how they would all be sewn together…and why.  I […]

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A skullcap for football

By on October 13, 2014

If you saw the image from the football game, then you saw the boys all bundled up and cold.  The Boy said his ears were frozen by the end of the game.  He tried to put a stocking cap under his helmet, but it was too thick.  The helmets have to fit them pretty tight, so […]

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More cargos

By on August 3, 2014

One of the things that I wanted to get done at the sewing retreat were some cargo shorts for the Boy.  They are time consuming to do, with all the pockets and topstitching, so I figured getting some dedicated sewing time would be good!  I got two pairs of shorts completed for him. This pattern […]

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Tie-dye chronicles

By on June 18, 2014

The camp that the children go to for a few weeks over the summer has a tie dye activity.  Every. Single. Week. Really, how many tie dye t-shirts does a kid need?  The Boy already did a tie-dyed t-shirt as part of his last week in school.  He learned there were different ways to tie […]

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Tweeny boy sewing

By on June 8, 2014

This week, I am up over at Gracious Threads (oops, guess it is next week!)  for her Embellish is for Boys series.  She is showing some great options for making boy clothes more fun! I am showing how to use vinyl iron-on from my Silhouette machine to dress up boy clothes.  I bought this stencil from […]

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Wizard

By on May 3, 2014

The Boy’s choice for Wizard World was to be a Wizard from Clash of Clans: Whoohoo!  Fairly easy costume! I already had some blue fabric for the pants, so I made him a pair of navy pants from an Ottobre pattern.  I had already made him a brown shirt to wear with some flannel pants for […]

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The “Clan” shirt

By on April 11, 2014

The Boy is a little addicted to the game Clash of Clans.  It is on Brian’s phone, so he doesn’t get to play it too often. I guess you could say that hubby AND the Boy are playing the game.  It is constantly playing, so when hubs is at work he checks on it and tells the Boy how the […]

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Guitars

By on March 18, 2014

Well, I have been sewing, but we have also been a bit busy over here.  The Boy had his 4th grade performance, whereby we all got to listen to the wildly entertaining, and often off-key, recorders.  Then we saw something more musically thrilling: Imagine Dragons!  That was a fun concert, though it was on a school […]

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