Potty Training Pants

Here's some potty training pants I made for my 2 year old grandson.  This pattern is from Fishsticks patterns.  I happened to spot the pattern in a local fabric store.  They are easy to sew up.  I made the pattern up exactly, except that she calls for 1 inch elastic, which I used in the waist, but reduced to 3/4 inch elastic for the legs, since I thought the 1 inch a little too bulky.  I reduced the 2 year old size by 3/8 of an inch or so since my grandson is a little small for 2 years.

Katherine Tilton Top

I bought this lovely knit jersey at Puyullup at the Sewing Expo a month ago in the Tilton booth.  I do agree with others that have said that pictures really don't do justice to the real thing.

The pattern is Vogue 8793




I tried it once doing the zippers in the collar and it is really cute that way, but decided to eliminate them for this top.  I did interface the collar a  little because her version is really limp and smooshy.  I wanted mine to have a little body.  Otherwise the pattern is quite simple, and it being a stretch, is pretty easy to fit.

The Tuffet

My DD and I have been wanting to make The Tuffet for a couple of years.  We bought the pattern at the Sewing Expo in Puyullup then.  The pattern is by Myra Mitchell.  I believe her quilt shop in in Bellevue, Washington.  I can't see that she has a website (?) but if you search for tuffett and Mitchell you will see some other people's projects.

This project definitely takes some DIY skills and a DIY husband is a plus.  My husband made the bun feet - you can buy the feet, too, if you want.

You can see that it takes quite a bit of materials.  We bought the upholstery batting from a local upholstery shop for a reasonable price.  It is thicker, and you really need it.

Here is the pattern you trace off and use 8 times to go around the tuffett.

We chose to use one piece of fabric to cover two sections of the pattern.  The original makes quite a scrappy look, as you can see from the pattern.  It turned out fantastic, and we were both quite pleased with our tuffetts.  My daughter's doesn't have her bun feet attached yet and I don't have a picture, but hers is yellow and gray fabric, and is very cute.

I used the Parson Grey fabric line for mine (Amy Butlers husbands fabric line).  Here are photos of the completed tuffett.

Another Minoru!

This is my second Minoru jacket.  The first one that I made in purple had no hood.  We are planning a trip to Ireland in September so I wanted one with a hood.  I have read that Ireland has little sunny weather and lots of cool weather plus rain.  Again I followed Tasia's tutorials so everything is straightforward.  The only thing I did differently on this one was that I added a layer of flannel underlining for a little added warmth.  The flannel was from my stash, as you can see.  I picked up the fabric from Fabric Depot over in Portland. 

2013!

I'm going to try and catalogue my 2013 sewing projects here, so at the end of the year I can see what I've done.  Started out the year making sweatpants for the grandsons.  I used my Ottobre 4/2008, which I have used before, but had to retrace to size 128 for the larger pair and size 92 for the smaller pair.