Sewing for a boy!

One thing I haven’t done is sewn for a boy, and while it’s not really any different than sewing for girls, I had absolutely nothing in my fabric stash that would work. If it was gender neutral or solid then it was a flannel or broadcloth, and solids are boring as hell. So, I found a Joann Fabrics coupon in my inbox and a-shopping we went.

Of course, I had to pick up a few things for myself, because I’m greedy like that.

I loved the fabrics we chose, and I bought a yard of each because I didn’t want to be short to make a pair of pants and diaper cover out of each. I shouldn’t have worried — I think I could’ve gotten away with 3/4 of a yard of each and still had leftovers.

The biggest thing was that we gave Lincoln all our diapers, but he didn’t really have cloth diaper clothes. All you CD parents out there well know: CD bums are huge, and onesies and footie jammies don’t really work. I pulled out the Big Butt Baby Pants pattern, and got to work on 6 pair. Of course, I made a matching diaper cover to coordinate.

We picked out such cute prints, and honestly there are a few I want to go back and get for me. It’s funny that I wouldn’t have looked at the robot fabric before now — when I brought it in the door Thea went wild. I will totally have to make her a dress out of it, and learn that robots aren’t just for boys. :)

So, 6 pair of pants, and 6 of the quick snap diaper covers from New Conceptions. You guys, that cover pattern is the best ever. I use 3 snaps on each side of the waist and legs (instead of 2) and these last and last. Plus, they are very easy to make, otherwise I couldn’t have finished 6 in a day.

I had enough of the robots leftover to make a large wet bag for Lincoln’s dirty dipes when he’s at daycare. I added handles and it has a zipper top, of course. I had enough yellow PUL so that it just fit the robot scrap I had. It was fate, I tell you.

I’m glad I took time off work not just to hang out with them, but to give me time to shop for fabric and sew up some things for my godson. I can’t wait until he gets a little bit bigger so I can make him some kick-ass tee shirts too. You’d think that I have enough people to sew for already, but he’s my godson, so I clearly have a duty to make him the cutest gear in the world. Right?