We're back from vacation, rested and tanned.
The laundry is ALMOST DONE and the beach toys are put up.
Until I can get to the 1400 pictures on my camera I thought I'd show off these little shorts I made for Easton before we left for the beach.
I purchased the Kids Shorts Pattern from MADE the day it went on sale but had yet to bust it out.
I went through my fabric stash and found a yard of nautical fabric from Hawthorne Threads.
I already had elastic on hand and thread too of course.
I had printed my pattern and cut it out just as instructed in the tutorial.
After cutting my fabric, I got to sewing and within an hour & a half (at most), Easton had a new pair of shorts.
I almost woke him up to try them on but I decided against it.
The next morning I tried them on him and they fit him perfectly!
I used the size 3 pattern, even though his normal shorts are more of a 2T.
This size 3 takes out some room in the tush for potty trained kiddos and I knew he didn't need that excess back there, so I went with the 3.
They worked like a charm!
He approves, don't you think???
If you've never been to Dana's site, you MUST go check her out!
She has lots of free tutorials as well as patterns for sale.
Dana oozes creativity!
She's one of my favorite DIY, sewing blogs!
I have used several of Dana's patterns and have never had any difficulty.
{{I consider myself a beginner sewer}}
Her patterns and tutorials are easy to read and loaded with pictures.
For visual people like myself, I love the picture aspect of her tutorials & patterns.
I can't wait to get some more boy fabric and sew Easton some more shorts!
Hope on over to see Dana!
Buy a pattern while you're there!
