Roarsome

 The love affair with sewing clothes for the grandchildren continues! Indeed, the eldest grandson now assumes that any item of clothing he receives from us must have been made by Granny :)

I knew as soon as I saw this panel that our elder grandson would love it, but it took a while for me to find a pattern that would work with it. This top is the Altitude Pullover from Peekaboo Patterns. I have made several of their pullover patterns for the boys in the past so knew that this would be pretty straightforward to put together, which it was. 

There wasn't enough of the lava fabric for a hood so I used the cowl neck option instead. With necklines like these I always have a hard time working out which will be the right side and which the wrong as you will see in the top below made for the littler grandson :)

He loves a Highland Cow so when I came across this fabric and the matching co-ordinate in a destash group I just had to have it! The cowl neck took three attempts on this one as I strove to avoid having upside down Highland Coo's :) I ended up with the back of the topstitching showing on the collar, but as it is in a very jolly rainbow thread I didn't mind too much!

Of course I cannot make for the grandsons and not make something for our gorgeous granddaughter too! These are the Beep Beep Raglan and Lightening Leggings patterns from Waves and Wild. I was able to get the top from remnants of some lovely, soft brushed back French Terry so the little lady will be warm and snuggly in her new top. 

On a recent trip to Newcastle I bought a load of swim fabric at 1st for Fabrics, which I have never sewn with before so that will be a new challenge for me. Wish me luck and if you have any tips I will be very happy to receive them :)

Spooks and sewing

 A couple of months ago our younger grandson put in a very specific request for his next granny sewn outfit. He wanted a vampire outfit for Halloween, well how could a granny refuse? I came across a couple of paper patterns for sale on a Facebook group that were exactly what I needed. An online fabric shop later and I was ready to start stitching. 

There were so many new to me's involved in the making of this, it was a real labour of love! Attaching the stand-up collar to the cape definitely taxed my poor brain and there was some fudging involved in the end, but the recipient will not notice I am sure. The pattern had the cape attaching with a tie at the neckline and the shirt collar closing with a hook and eye, but knowing nearly 4 year old boys as I do I thought they might be an accident waiting to happen. I, therefore, left the shirt collar open and made the front fastening with red ribbon and velcro so that said nearly 4 year old could put it on and off himself, and it could be removed easily in a hurry if the need arose :)

The pattern also included dress knee length trousers but I decided instead to make a pair of black joggers on the basis that they would be more comfortable and that he would get use out of them afterwards too. 

Of course, I couldn't make for one grandson and not the other but as the 6 year old was already sorted with a costume I made him an appropriately themed warm pullover instead. The shawl collar on this took me 3 attempts to get right, but we got there in the end.

And now I have a granddaughter to make for too! One Halloween romper for a little miss who cannot be left out and will, no doubt, in the not too distant future be putting in her own requests for outfits. A whole new world of sewing awaits :)

On the basis that I really need to use up my fabric stash before I invest in any more fabric, I used up the last of my Halloween fabric on Halloween underwear to keep the boys warm as they head out to their friends for treats and fun. I only realised after I had cut out the vests that the fabric is upside down on one (mummies on their heads!) but hopefully the grandson won't notice!

I have another Halloween make but that will not be revealed until November 1st when the next Endeavourers Challenge is unveiled here

Happy Halloween to all!