Boy Shorts

I love making clothes for my daughter and really wanted to try to make something for my son. I tried a few of blog tutorials for boy short by using an existing pair of shorts and mine came out a little wonky. So, I found this Simplcity(2907) pattern for $1.99 and thought I would give it a try.
For the first pair I followed the pattern step by step. It was super easy to understand and took around two hour from cut to complete. I was a little worried about the cargo pocket but it was on the the easiest parts.
The parts I will do different in the future, of course there will be more:), is leave off the cargo pocket. The length of the shorts were too long for my little guy, so I will shorten them too. Due to the size of the side pocket, I couldn't move the cargo pocket up more and after shorting them it would be too close together. Overall, Love the shorts and love making them. What do you think????

Pant for my Little Man

I have been wanting to make something for my son ever since I started making the little neck tie. I have seen a few tutorials where you can use an existing pair of pants or shorts to make your own pattern. I tried that and it ended up in the trash. So, I pulled at an old pattern I had use to make Klaira a dress and it had a pants pattern with it. I gave it a shot and in about an hour, we had new pants!!!

This has inspired me to sew for him a little more. I bought Simplicity 2907 and some some cute plaid. Hope to have a new pair of cargo shorts for him by the end of the week.

Baseball Pillow

My nephew Zachary loves baseball!! I make some curtains for his room a while back and had some of the printed fabric leftover. He had a birthday last month and came to visit along with my sister and brother in law. So I had this pillowcase waiting on him when he got here.

It really challenged my applique skills, Lots of curves and overlapping. The stitch I used for the laces on the baseball just happened to be one the decorative stitches on my machine. He liked it and I was really happy with the way to came together!! I hope to have some better close up picture later.