The Emperor's new clothes...

Oh, I mean Cameron’s new clothes

The boy just keeps on growing!  To be expected I suppose, he is going to be 6 next month.  I’ve noticed recently how few of his clothes fit properly any more, so I decided to make some.

I gave Cam a choice of the type of lined jacket he wanted, totally expecting just a regular hoody, but he choose a pattern called Sargent Pepper, by the time I finished it, in gorgeous red fabric I got from Thrive, I left off the epaulettes and only had 3 buttons instead of double breasting it with six, it’s more Freddie Mercury meets Star Trek, but I love it! and Cam seems to as well.  I lined it in a heavy weight gray Merino for warmth.  It really could do with a little more width across the back (which I’ve noticed on a few of his clothes) but it will fit this year at least.  I’m keen to try this in different fabric.

Then I made the boy a replacement pair of black skinny cords.  I’ve made these before but somehow managed to completely cock-up the zip fly.  I blame the drugs  After a lot of unpicking I got them right.  As with the last pair these were made from an upcycled stage curtain.  I had just enough left for these.  Not bad for a wee bit of recycled gifted fabric.

He was too busy watching TV to pose for the camera!

Check out the seriously cool button he chose for the skinny’s this time! I got it from a friends button collection ages ago knowing that Cam would love it.

Expect to see many more blog posts about sewing in the near future as I still need to make the boy some other clothes, some to sell in the shop and a few gardening posts too.

This is my last week of work, Yay! Only 4 more days to go