Doing laundry

When I made the tee with the construction machines for A, I chose to make the sleeves white and the back black. I was so taken in with the design so I wanted to highlight the design features. A wore his new tee for his third birthday party. Afterwards it looked like this:

Since I reused the fabrics for the sleeves and back, I figured that any excess color would have been washed away. But, I did not dare to just throw it in the laundry machine and hope for the best!
So I tried Color Catchers, a sheet that catches loose dyes in the wash water and prevents the dye from bleeding onto other clothes.

It worked fine!:

 

Maybe I’m behind the times up here in the north, but when I googled color catchers I found that you can actually MAKE YOUR OWN. It appears to be both SIMPLE and CHEAP. There is a lot of web sites and blogs showing how to do the sheets yourself, just search “DIY color catchers”.

Boys underwear

I found a great pattern on Craftsy, Boys Undies Briefs by Little Olly!

So far I've made two pairs for A:

The green ones are size 3, and they are a bit big on him.

So, yesterday I made a new pair in size 2:

A absolutely loves the purple monkeys, purple is his favourite colour! He has not tried them on yet, but I Think this will be a success!

Biscuit tee

This is my first blog post on my very first blog! I don't even have a presentation yet, but I'm eager to share some clothes that I've recently made.

I found this pattern via VERYPURPLEPERSON who has made some very cute tees!
The pattern is a free PDF pattern from Tamanegi Kobo, a Japanese pattern shop. Yes, the pattern is in japanese! I certainly don't know the language, but I figured that there would only be one way to get the pieces together. The front looks like an ordinary tee, but the sleeves are actually raglan cut.

I used a bought photoprint fabric from Stoff & Stil, and two tees from my upcycle pile, a white for the sleeves and a black for the back. I used a ribknit for neckbinding.

The tee is a size 100, and it fits my son A, who is three, very well. I Think it is the best fitting pattern I've found so far. No alterations needed!

It took about 3 hours to make this tee, but then I really wanted it to look store bought! A wore it for his birthday party and he was very proud of the tee.