TUTORIAL and PATTERN: Kid Pants, the basic pants. Tutorial: Refashioned Slim Slack for Boys. If you are stopping by via MADE “Celebrate the Boy“, welcome! If you’re interested, you can find more “Boy” posts & projects here. Refashioned from men’s slacks & using the existing button, zipper & back pockets (all the icky parts of making “real” slacks), these slim slacks are a fun alternative for a little boy’s dressy wardrobe.
Intermediate Level Sewing Let me know if you have any questions or problems with the tutorial so we can work it out! I would love it if you shared your “Slim Slack” creations in my Flickr group, “Reduce, Reuse, ReFASHION for Kids” You are welcome to use my pattern which fits average 2T and a slim 3T with added length. Slim 2T might want to take in leg even more. Waist: 19″ (stretches to 22″) , Hip: 23″ Inseam: 11″ Use 1/2″ seam allowance unless noted (crotch seam). Download pdf pattern HERE. If your boy is larger than the pattern, find your favorite pants pattern and “slim it down”. Step 1: Find your sacrificial trousers. These are from the thrift store. P.S. Saltwater Kids: Shorts Tutorial (from a shirt) This time last year I started making birthday gifts for my oldest son, but his heart was set on a robot t-shirt, and I was not confident enough in my freezer paper printing skills at that time to attempt one.
So, I searched Etsy until I found this one. I did, however, feel confident in my ability to make him some shorts to go along with the t. Using a mans button-up shirt (XL), and a pattern made from a pair of shorts that fit him well, I set to work. Well, summer is just around the corner again (and his birthday too), so I thought I would share a tutorial for making these super easy shorts.
Materials:button-up shirt (I used a mens size XL to make 4T shorts)elastic (1" -1 1/4"width) measured 1" longer than the waist measurement of your childa pair of shorts that fit your childpaper for the pattern The first step is to do a little deconstructing. Cut the shirt up the side seams, around the sleeves, and across the shoulders. Pin (or use weights) to keep the pattern in place while you cut. Jongensspullen. MADE: Celebrate the BOY, part 2. Celebrate the BOY–the complete Archives by Dana on July 2, 2008 We all love BOYS.But let’s face it, there just aren’t enough BOY ideas in the blogosphere. We hope to change that! For the second year in a row, we teamed up with Made by Rae and other creative bloggers to: For five weeks, we shared tutorials, ideas, and giveaways. ——————————————————————————————-I also went through my blog archives searching for everything boy thing I’ve made. Click on an image below and you’ll go straight to the post! ———————————————————–From our Celebration in 2010: Leave a Comment { 1 trackback } Crafty Mama | A Green(ish) Life Previous post: Christmas Stills 2010 Next post: Next Post SUBSCRIBE to MADE via EMAIL Enter your email address:Delivered by FeedBurner Purchase my new BOOKS!
| Copyright © 2014 MADE * All Rights Reserved | Web Hosting By RFE Hosting WordPress Admin. Tutorial: boys' bias tape tunic. This tutorial requires some familiarity with pattern drafting, or willingness to get it. Also, please be advised that this is my *first* sewing tutorial, so I will inevitably have missed a step or chosen confusing wording. If you try making a tunic from this tutorial, I'd love to hear any edits you might suggest--and to see photos of your finished tops! Leave a comment in this post or email me at thisismarzipan@ymail.com . For personal use only--do not sell items made using this tutorial. I designed this tunic to reflect the simple-yet-creative aesthetic of the cut-paper illustrations in one of my favorite children's books, Ida Pearle's A Child's Day: an alphabet of play.
My guest blog post for the Once Upon a Thread project at no big dill describes my process creating several outfits based on the book. And did you know it's also Celebrate the Boy month? Materials Adjusting the sleeves can be tricky, and if you are short on fabric you will definitely want to test these in muslin first.