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It’s really hard finding summer fabrics for boys. I love prints, but the vast majority of fabrics lean heavily to the girly side of things. On one hand it’s great because I always find great prints for Floria:
On the other hand, the boys don’t end up with a whole lot of handmade goods (in comparison to Flo). But I found these fabrics recently….
Okay, so that last one I actually used to make Floria jammie bottoms, but I think the colors could go either way. The 100% cotton fabrics are available here (many more boy colors available). They definitely have a retro feel, like those funky short sleeve shirts hipster guys wear with tight, black, skinny jeans. Normally you have to be careful when buying shirting fabrics, as often times they are a cotton/poly blend, which in my opinion is not only slippery but also just not as nice to touch nor does it wick away summer sweat. But these cotton Maverick yarn dyed fabrics are nice and light, perfect for summer projects!
There’s a little joke in my family about my undying love for a certain genre of music. I still have every CD, and now the digital files, for some of my favorite bands from a certain time period in my past. I listen to them and select from them amongst all my new music. Primary among those would be Echo & the Bunneyman. Julie gets a huge kick out of my devotion to them and how almost every mix CD I make her has a song by either the Smiths, the Cure or Echo. Lol. Can’t help it, I guess.
All day I’ve been sewing to some of my favorites…. I’ll have things to show tomorrow!
I have been busy sewing. Losing myself in some small projects. A sundress, a few nightgowns and some pajama bottoms.
I also made a pair of pants for myself, but they turned out HUGE. Enormous! I made the smallest size, and yet they are fully MC Hammer pants. It’s crazy. They took most of the afternoon, so I was disappointed when they finally started to come together an I realized they were 2 legit 2 quit. I made a nightgown for Floria to recover my wits.
I wanted something slightly old fashioned, so I used a very lightweight, pale gray linen for the body any just a bit of poplin for the trim. And I edged it with a bit of eyelet trim.
