I've been sewing! Check off green shorts and Project Run and Play shirt off the KCW list!
This month challenge inspiration is the Reversible Sling bag from Sugar Bee crafts. I thought it would be really fun to remix it into a boys t-shirt. I loved the contrasting stripes on the bag and decided to focus on that one element.
I used the flashback skinny pattern and shortened the sleeves for short sleeves. Then I sliced the pattern into thirds for the color blocking like the purse. I already had the perfect blue/grey striped knits in my stash from Girl Charlee.
For the back I decided to slice the pattern at a diagonal. I think it turned out pretty cool. I never would have thought to color block with stripes without this challenge, I'm definitely going to do it again.
For the shorts I made a pair of Chestnut pants, cut off 5" from the hem, then rolled the hem up 1.5" for some fun spring shorts. I forgot Jacob's waist measurement and he was napping at the time so I guessed on the elastic length, and as you can see the pants are a little loose. I'll probably unpick the seam and pull the elastic out a little more so the pants fit better. On the cuffs, I didn't like how the white serged seam allowance was showing so I lined the seam allowance in bias tape for the cool stripe on the cuff. I choose an aqua/mint fabric to go for the blue/green color combo that's popular right now.
See? somebody says it's trendy right now.
Check out the other Project Run and Play entries here
I love the color blocking in the shirt well done. I also have to try it!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your thinking "out of the box" and noting the stripe blocking concept and applying it to a shirt. I can tell that you are very creative and notice even the smallest detail.
ReplyDeleteDeborah @ Sew Much To Give
I love it. I almost did stripe color blocking like that on my daughters dress, but she insisted she needed flowers instead. :-)
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