Let the spring sewing begin! Kids Clothes Week Spring 2014 has arrived.
I have not sat down at the sewing machine yet today, or even cut into a bit of fabric. I have at least selected fabrics and a couple patterns for my to-do list. I’m getting the feeling it might be more of a wishful thinking kind of to-do list. We’ll see how much I accomplish. Most of my sewing is for my children anyway, so it is like a year-long Kids Clothes Week around here.
Since I don’t have any completed sewing projects to reveal today, I thought I might at least reveal my hopes for this KCW and a bit of my planning process. If you’re itching to see some homemade greatness, you can check out the kids clothes week blog to see what others have revealed on day one: kcw april 2014.
This is the first KCW to have a theme — “Mini Me”. The thought is that participants will sew something for their child(ren) that is based on an outfit of their own, or repurpose some of their adult clothing into something for their child, etc. No hard rules, very open to interpretation.
Honestly, the theme had me stumped for a bit. First, I wasn’t particularly keen on having a mini me following me around. I’m not that big into the matchy-matchy thing between my two children, and have never even considered doing it with my child. Second, I really like my children to dress like kids, not like little adults. But then I took a big ol’ chill pill and decided I was being waaaay too literal about the theme.
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Since motherhood, I feel like I’ve pretty much shoved fashion out of my wardrobe and replaced it with comfort. So much easier to maneuver around the park, or scoot around in the playroom, or dance and sing in our mom & me music class when I’m dressed comfortably and not worried about my clothes. At the same time, it’s also kind of depressing how uncool my clothing choices have become … but that’s a topic for another day. Back to KCW – I’ve decided my take on the “Mini Me” theme is to create some items for my children that are as comfortable as my favorite, go-to comfy clothes.
My goals for sewing for Daisy this KCW: comfy leggings or knit pants, and a comfy cardigan. I have an old knit shirt that I may try to incorporate into the pants. For the cardigan, I plan on using the Slouchy Cardigan pattern by heidiandfinn; it has similar lines to a cardigan that I wear all the time.
My goals for sewing for Eli this KCW: [blank]. Yikes. I feel like I haven’t sewn him anything in quite a while. He has been asking for some sweatpants, so perhaps I can work that into this week.
In terms of process, I have no genius insight to share. Typically I use KCW to focus on what is missing from or would nicely compliment what my kids already have in their closets. The “Mini Me” theme muddles that a bit for me this time around. I do enjoy sketching out ideas for sewing projects. I am no artist when it comes to drawing, but it helps me to visualize my intended end result, walk through the various steps in constructing the garment, determine what patterns might be most helpful, and consider different features to play around with or embellishments to add to an item.
If all goes as planned, later this week I’ll be able to turn the sketch above into an actual pair of pants. Voila – sewing magic!