Kids Clothes Week

Yesterday we had the sweetest morning.  At 7am, when our alarms went off, my daughter came into the bedroom and asked if I would like to sleep in.  (Yes please!?!) I said yes but that we had to get ready for school.  She told me that she wanted to make breakfast for her brother and herself.  Immediately I pictured milk all over the floor and a late-to-school morning.  When asked what she had in mind,  she just said “I can do this.”  I’m trying to say yes a lot more than no, so I went with it.  I slept with one eye open and only for about twenty minutes and then went downstairs.  What I saw was sort of magical (if you see magic in two siblings getting along very calmly, as I do).  Both children were dressed.  Both children were sitting eating yogurt/cereal and milk/granola very peacefully.  Both children had left their socks and shoes by the front door ready for school.  Did I mention they had also brushed their teeth and hair?  This, my friends, was pretty special.  Yes, there was TV on (Aladdin, in fact) and although I wasn’t to thrilled about the TV being on in the morning I didn’t even mention it because I was so proud of my daughter who made her little brother’s breakfast. I was so proud of them for getting dressed and brushing their hair without being prompted.  This was a very magical morning!  More and more I see bits and pieces of independence and it is warming my heart.  Looking back, I wouldn’t have minded milk all over the floor.

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With children on my mind, Did you know it’s Kids Clothes Week in the sewing world?  (See box to the right in the side bar).  This is a week that you dedicate to sewing for your children.  There is an optional theme which is ‘The Future’.  As of right now, I’m not going with the theme but am committing to making two pairs of shorts, one for each child.

Pattern by Dana Willard of Made Everyday.

For my son, I’m making another pair of the long racer shorts like these green shorts.  The fabric is Premier Prints Whale Tales.  I am going to use a homemade bias tape but haven’t gotten that far yet.

City Gym Shorts by Purl Soho.

My daughter is getting another pair of City Gym Shorts, like these.  The blue fabric is Kaufman chambray in Union Worn Indigo.  The coral fabric is called Arrows in Coral Metallic by Melody Miller.  I’ll post pictures soon!