Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star...

Maksim, my two year old, loves to sing. He goes around his day rearranging his trucks and trains while humming a song. It is impressive how well he can carry a tune. For a while it was the Star Wars theme song. (I am aware that the movies are slightly inappropriate for a two year old) But lately, it has been Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. I hear "Tinkle, Tinkle Little Sta" the whole day. The song is hopelessly stuck in my head. No matter what I do, I catch myself humming the stupid thing. The other day to my horror, I realized that I was staring at the yogurt at the grocery store humming twinkle twinkle...So I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to participate in Sew in Tune hosted by Melly Sews  and  Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy. The challenge is to sew a garment inspired by a song. Perfect. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star needs to be released from my head into pants.

We present you the Star Pants. :) I used blue and yellow knit because that's what I had the stars are balls of fire suspended in the dark Universe.

I started with the Ottobre (4/2011)pattern for sweat pants and added star shaped pockets.  They have an elastic waist and cuffs at the bottom.The shirt came from the same magazine. I added a pocket for an extra detail.

I also discovered yellow fold over elastic in my stash. Love surprises like that!

Maksim loves his new outfit. He is also obviously an aspiring model. :)

What to make your own star pants? The tutorial is coming!



 

Love is in the Air - Project Run and Play

This week is all about love at Project Run and Play . Love is in the Air is the theme. I thought about making a frilly dress with lace and ruffles for Ania, since whenever I think of the most romantic (or depressing, depending where you are on the spectrum of love) day of the year, I think feminine and puffy and over the top. Except, I knew that Ania will not wear it. She has been obsessed with the Lion King.  Most days she is on all fours being Simba making grrr sounds and prowling after her little brother. The clothes that she wears need to pass the "Simba test" - can she be a lion and crawl around. Well, puffy, frilly, lacy dresses fail the "Simba test" miserably. So we decided to pay a subtle homage to the day, make something comfortable and practical with slight references to everything romantic.

See what I mean. The soft knit is all pink and lacy, yet comfortable. The pattern is from 4/2011 Ottobre magazine. I like it well enough. The method they use to finish the neckline is supposed to make it look all professional by using a regular sewing machine, and not the fancy attachment on the serger. Except, it is hard to get it perfect or at least close to perfect. And I am a perfectionist when it comes to necklines.



I had to redo it twice before I was happy with the results. Though, I think I need to make a smaller button loop.

The pants are very soft sweatpants with the little detail on the side.

Subtlety, my friend. Well, maybe not, but Ania loves it. You can't tell by the picture, but the thread is sparkly.

Ania loves her new outfit but not the modeling part.

Enough with the pictures!