Watermarks, at last!

In preparation for my upcoming spotlight feature for Babiekins Magazine, Robert decided to create and add watermarks to my photos! Yay! 

Watermarks are essential in this day and age, what with people's photos being stolen on a regular basis. Now I have my own lovely watermark to add to my pics! 

Aren't they lovely? 

These are the photos we submitted for the spotlight feature in Babiekins. Rob edited them for me, and added the watermark. 

As I was searching for photos to use, I realized that it is really time for me to sew some new clothes for the boys!! In almost every picture they were wearing the exact same outfits, over and over and over. Which is why I am so excited about the Sew Fab ePattern Bundle Sale!! I will have a huge selection of fabulous new patterns to work with! So keep an eye out here for some new pics of the clothes I make. There will be the new challenge of zipper fly pants! Eek! But I look forward to the learning experience:)

Oh and the rock wall! Rob was concerned that every picture had the rock wall as a background. I personally like it, but I guess it can be a bit much, which is why he edited the one photo so the background was black and white. I really love that pic! The clothes stand out much better with the background edited.

What do you think? Do you love the watermark? Is the rock wall too much? Are you as excited about the pattern sale as I am??

Take care.

KCWC Day 5

Silly me! I thought today was the last day for KCWC, turns out it's a full week, so I have two more days to sew for my kiddos.

Last night I was tired, and struggling to come up with ideas. I finally settled on making slippers for my biggest guy. He was commenting on how cold his feet have been, and so I offered to make him slippers, which he was excited about. Well I didn't get around to it until last night.

The slippers are made from felted wool sweaters (recognize the tops from Jasper's cardigan. I will be making him a pair too, to match his cardigan) from the thrift store, and the soles are suede from a suit I also found at the thrift store.

I didn't have a pattern, so it did take quite a bit of fiddling around, once I figured it out, they were super easy to put together. I can't wait to make more for the rest of us!

Jai said he loves them, and they are awesome! What more can I ask for from an 11 year old?

Have a great day! We are off for a field trip to see the Raptors in Duncan. It's going to be a great day!

KCWC Day 4

And back to my regular colourful sewing schedule. 

After Jas saw Jude's red pants yesterday, he requested a pair for himself. These are just simple sweat pants with a fitted yoga waist.

The cardigan is from a felted wool sweater from the thrift shop. 

And now for the blurry photos. My camera has decided not to do auto focus anymore, and I'm finding it difficult to remember to adjust the light meter, AND focus at the sametime, plus I'm in the habit of just pressing the button and letting it focus for me. Sigh!

Tomorrow is the last day of KCWC Fall 2012! I feel like I need to go out with a bang, and still have no clue what I'm going to make. Hopefully inspiration hits me soon, because I'm not likely to last long today. I was up late (until 2 am) reading the second book of the Hunger Games, Catching Fire. OMG! I can't wait to start the third book! 

Staying up until the wee hours of the morning is not such a great idea for me, and I wish I had a little more self control, but it's just such an exciting book, and I couldn't tear myself away from it. So there is a chance I will be making something simple and not too exciting, but keep your fingers crossed for me, because I'm not a coffee drinker and have to make it through without help. 

Have a great day everyone!!

kcwc

So I have decided to join up with the kcwc (Kids Clothes Week Challenge) on Elsie Marley's site. I am very excited, slightly intimidated, and very much looking forward to the inspiration. If you haven't heard about kcwc then I suggest heading over to check it out, and perhaps join up in the fun.

I have been preparing myself for this upcoming week by pinning any, and every cute boys clothing I come across.

Here is some of my inspiration:

Source: oiidesign.se via Jamie on Pinterest

I adore these pants! I will most likely be unable to duplicate them, but I sure as heck would like to try.

For some reason the pointy hood won't let me write underneath it, so I am placing my comment here, not to intentionally cause confusion or disorder.

I love pointed hoods. Always have and probably always will:)

Source: de.dawanda.com via Jamie on Pinterest
I love this style of pant. Not only are they awesome, but they are great for our rainy wet weather, when your kids pant cuffs drag in puddles, slowly soaking up the entire pant leg, and your kid has to change pants like a hundred times a day! Yes we have boots, and rain pants, but somehow, the pant cuff always finds a way to sneak out from under all the rain gear.

Source: scotch-soda.com via Jamie on Pinterest

And I just love stripes and cowl necks at the moment, so I hope to make a couple of these.

It is very ambitious of me to think I could make all of this in one week, so I am trying to set the bar low and just use these as inspiration.

Of course I will be sticking with my values and I will be making upcycled clothing for my kids.

I am a huge fan of clean, simple designs, blending colours, and fabric patters such as stripes, polka dots, plaid etc.. to make fun, comfy and practical clothing.

Wish me luck! and hopefully I will see you in the challenge:)

Florescent Hoodies

My two littles just finished up their skating lessons with the Sooke Skating Club. For the end of year performance they had an 80's theme, which meant lots of bright colours. We were asked to dress the boys in a bright top with black pants and leg warmers.

What is brighter then florescent? I decided to make the boys florescent hoodies, because I have a huge stash of florescent sweat pant material given to me by my mother in law. It has been sitting in my fabric closet for a couple of years, and I have been itching to use it. 

I was helping Jai with geometry and was inspired to try some geometry out in my sewing project. The first pattern didn't work out so well. It was too wide and long for Jas, and slightly too small for Jai.

Here is the back.

So I decided to take the hoodie apart and use the raglan tee pattern from the Sewing for Boys book (I love this book by the way), and it worked out perfectly. I just added a hoody.

Here is the back.

And then I made one for Jude. Here they are on show day. Jude is focused on the puddles, and resisting the temptation to splash in them with his holey shoes.

And he notices me with the camera.

Blurry shots of the boys. People kept standing right in front of them, or walking past, so I couldn't get a good shot, but just so you have an idea of their cuteness:)

Finally a successful shirt for my oldest

Last week we bused into town, which takes over an hour, so we could go to the Imax. Well we were in town I thought we may as well stop at the biggest thrift store. I found a "I heart Mom" shirt and showed it to Jai. He told me I should get it for him. Then Jasper said he wanted it. They had a bit of back and forth, until Jai said "Mommy makes you lots of things. She hasn't made me anything!". That settled it. It's not that I haven't made anything for Jai, it's just that the things I have made haven't fit properly. 

Success, at last!

Jai likes the shirt I have made for him, and it fits! What more can I ask for?