Kid's clothes week challenge.

So I am lame and didn't realize my new post tab was set on "edit html" and was getting so mad because I couldn't figure out why my pictures weren't uploading. So, these are from last week...

Last week blog-land of kids clothes sewers they had a thing called "kids clothes week challenge". It is put on by one of the blogs and what it is, is a week where you are supposed to sew something for your kid's wardrobe for one hour each day. I have heard of it before, but never really got into it. Oh, and they do it twice a year. They have a flickr group where everyone posts pictures of their finished products and strangers comment on them and you kind of get a virtual pat on the back, haha. Or inspiration. One of my projects came about because of something I saw in the group.

So on to the projects:

All over pinterest I have been seeing this pop up, it is an up-cycled Men's button down shirt but instead of putting the buttons down the center like you usually see, it is asymetrical.



^^ This is Abby's " I HATE TAKING PICTURES MOM!" moment. ^^

I have been collecting button shirts and t-shirts for a while now. This one I found at Walmart on clearance for $2. I couldn't even buy the fabric for that price, plus the time saved by already having the button placket done for me? Awesome!



I switched out the pearl white buttons for these pink ones I had in my stash and stitched them with yellow thread. I love the look! I really wanted to use my mustard yellow buttons, but I was short by two buttons and I didn't want to go to the store:)

Ugh, my yard is ugly this year. This fabric was my "I don't love it, but it is on clearance... so it can be my test run for my next pattern..." But oh how I love how it turned out. It is so much cuter in person! I don't know how much use Abby will get out of it... she likes to wear pants to school for recess, but maybe since it is getting cooler it wont be bad because she can wear leggings.

I love the "V" in the front!

She was so excited about this top! I think her favorite part was picking out the buttons:)

Next is the project I saw in the fickr pool:

These are Pierrot tunics from made-by-rae. It is the pattern I tested a few weeks back. I made it a size up, lengthened it and left off the ruffle. I like it much better:) Though I would like it longer still. Maybe next time.

Not that anyone will see, but I love that the neckbands are the coordinating print.

I hadn't been keeping up on my blogs so I didn't even hear about it until Thursday and it started on Monday. But it isn't to shabby for three days of sewing! Plus I have a pair of pants that need only ten more minutes of work to be complete. Just imagine if I had started on Monday! They do it in the spring and I plan on being more prepared. Some people say they take the week before and get their projects picked out and cut out so they can do the fun part instead of all the prep work. That would be nice:)