Thursday, October 4, 2012

Boy's Week

Mario Mushroom Shirt with Straight Leg Plaid Pants
 
This week's sew along challenge for Project Run & Play was creating an outfit for a boy. I love making stuff for my son, but as he gets older I have to check and recheck that I am not doing something that will cause the outfit/bag/etc to be unused and labeled uncool.
So my challenge this week so to create an outfit for my 8 year old son....

Mario Mushroom Shirt with Straight Leg Plaid Pants
 
I used the Peek-A-Boo Pattern Shop's pattern for skinny jeans, thinking they are cool now right? Well, he is 8 but I made a size 10 so that they would be not so skin tight and I a giggling now thinking of his look when I had him try them on =) They were SO tight, an 8 would of never even been pulled on!

Mario Mushroom Shirt with Straight Leg Plaid Pants
 
 
So my fix? I added a tuxedo strip down the side. They increased each of the legs 1.5" and the but/crotch area 3". Now they look more like straight leg pants instead but I got the thumbs up from him and he was able to sit down without busting a seam.

Mario Mushroom Shirt with Straight Leg Plaid Pants
 
I freezer paper stenciled an understated, over sized Mushroom from Mario onto his shirt.
 
Mario Mushroom Shirt with Straight Leg Plaid Pants
 
His jacket I made by refashioning an old shirt of mine. The hardest part was making the shirts darts into less of a woman's shape and more boxy like a cargo jacket. I fully lined the shirt and added pockets and button flaps onto the shoulders.

Mario Mushroom Shirt with Straight Leg Plaid Pants
 
I wanted to paint or applique something onto the back of the jacket, but like the yellow shirt, my idea was shot down.

Mario Mushroom Shirt with Straight Leg Plaid Pants

Mario Mushroom Shirt with Straight Leg Plaid Pants

Mario Mushroom Shirt with Straight Leg Plaid Pants
 
Check out other Sew-Along participates at the Flickr site.
Have a great day!
~Jessica

7 comments:

  1. I love that mushroom! Good save with the tuxedo stripe. :)

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  2. so nice to see older boys being sewn for! my boys are 17 and 13 and i don't know that i could sew anything they would wear so i didn't sew along this week but your shirt to jacket refashion is inspiring!

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  3. All your children look so alike, it's lovely! I adore the jeans you made him here, they look fantastic :-)

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  4. would love to know how you stenciled the mario shirt! btw; I have a new sewing blog that i'd love for you to take a look at and maybe follow?

    Love the clothes, currently making my 6yr old his jacket. It'll be on my blog soon:)
    -Reyna

    www.reynasews.blogspot.com

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  5. you had me at mario t-shirt!! i so wish i could vote for this to win the sewalong this week!!! love that you sewed for an older boy, too.

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  6. I just made these skinny jeans for my 2 year old and so glad to see that someone else's turned out super small lol! I have a teeny 2 year old and was sure the 2T would swamp her but they are almost too small! Your boy looks super great and I love the tuxedo stripe. I want to see the stencil too!

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  7. He looks so cool! And so grown up! I really like the entire outfit. Good job!

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