It gets cold in Pollock Pines in Autumn! I am trying not to think about how cold it will get in the Winter! The weather right now, while beautiful and dry, is similar to December/January in Sacramento. My sweet Sunshine Boy needs some warmer clothes so I thought I'd make him some double-layer pants.
Yikes! It was late at night, so bad lighting! And I should've ironed the fabric 1st, but...oh well!!! :-P
I started with some large Men's t-shirts that we've kept for material and thought I would line them with some black polyester fleece we bought as a remnant, but when I unrolled the fleece it was scarf-length and width, so I decided to keep that for a scarf instead. I'm glad I did because I thought about it and realized I could use some old flannel baby blankets (burp-cloth type things...we have SO many of these!) for the lining as they would be soft, warm, cute and a nice, breathable cotton.
I used the turn-a-t-shirt-into-pants-for-baby idea from Amanda Blake Soule(Soule Mama)'s book, The Creative Family to make these and I just cut the fabric like I was making 2 pairs of pants then layered them before sewing them together.
He seems to like them! :-)
And thank you for ignoring the chords around my boy and the clutter- believe it or not, we're still unpacking!
And to conclude the warm-clothes epic, I'll reassure you that my Mom sent some very nice blanket sleepers and pants and sweaters to keep the Sunshine warm. :-) In addition, we took a family trip to a mall in the valley where we had 2 gift certificates getting cob-webby and loaded up on some super-insulated jeans and some long-sleeved shirts for The Boy, along with some warm clothes for Alex and myself. :-) I feel toasty now! And good thing too- rain and snow is expected this Thursday!!! :-D I'm excited! But still a little "hmmmm"ish about the freezing temps! {:-[
At the moment I have a log cabin quilted seat cover/cushion thing going, again using inspiration from Soule Mama...but this time from her blog. Oh! While re-glancing at that page just now, I realized 2 things that I can change next time I make one of these-
- Make the second "square" about half the size of the first (though I like the tradition of starting with a red fabric to represent the "hearth").
- Make the outside "logs" kind of hug the inner logs- probably by going with a darker, more solid fabric.
Here's what I have so far- AND DON'T LAUGH!!! I already know I have an avoidance issue with the iron!
Yeah, I hear you- super super random colors/patterns...function over fashion? :-T Well, they all have potentially living things represented on them! Flowers, wood, chestnuts, dingleballs, ...uh...cells, elephants, apples, umm...perfectly round ...green...mold colonies? Yes! Mold colonies! (<--reaching!) And if I could do it over I'd make the dark blue square half that size and switch the wood grain with the fish-eye cell things. And maybe swap the dingle-balls with the brown and white flower outlines. Oh well!
So...now what? I have some heavy fleece for the cushion/guts...the chair I'm using it on is comfortable- just...unsightly, so it doesn't need much cushion.
It was an art project from college. Enough said. Except that (<--doesn't know what "enough said" means) this reminds me of a reformed partier- like someone who went crazy and got a ton of ink done when they were in their late teens/early twenties, now she has a family and a mortgage and an HOA and wants to fit in a little better so enter aprons and tea-length skirts, french-twists and bake sales...but with the occasional tattoo sneaking out from behind that sweatheart neckline or the lace-trimmed socks. Sweet, but with a past.
I will have to do some research on assembling/completing quilts. Even though this one is small-scale, the same rules should apply...I hope!
Have a great Monday!