Sweet Pea and Pumkins: After Midnight There Will Be Sewing

Monday, July 30, 2012

After Midnight There Will Be Sewing

While the little ones sleep I am sipping on a good cup of coffee and visiting my good friend, my sewing machine. I love to sew at this time. The house is quite and no interruptions. Yes, it's a good time to sew. A great to create.

In the past couple of days I have made Prince C two pairs of the Sketchbook pants. I seen these cute shorts here and these pants here and came up with these two pairs of pants.

I love how these look with a polo shirt and sweeter vest, which are both from Gymboree. Before I started to sew for Sweet pea almost all of her clothes came from here. {Thanks to hubby for showing me this store before she was born! Although I not sure how happy he is with that now. ;) }

Pardon the wet spots on the Ivory pair, I had just washed off the blue marks and couldn't wait to share.

Both pairs of pants have modifications made to them. To start with, I made two button holes and made a mock drawstring tie. (Which I wished had been a 1/4" lower.) I did double stitching for all the top stitching on the pants and also reinforced the the middle seam with a top stitch to make them more sturdy. I decided to leave out the pleats and instead make gathers.

I added a pocket to the back. Like the shorts pair I used the Explorer vest small pocket for a pattern. I just trimmed off 1/2" to make the pocket fit the 6-12 months size pants. I hemmed the pocket like the After school pants(O+S). To help tame the curves while pressing I ran a gathering stitch. It made for a much smoother finish. (The brown pair I did not do this and I am much happier with the way ivory pair finished.)

I made the pockets with a straight seam instead of curved, with the double row stitching. As I did with the side seam too. I made the cargo pockets, but made them flat with a working button. I am a sucker for buttons!