About a week ago I received some “boy fabric” I’d ordered. I made the mistake of showing it to Liam and he proceeded to list for me a roster of the order in which he wanted pants made out of each fabric. His first request was for the “fire truck fabric” (which is actually red pickup truck fabric) so I set to work. I love making things for Paige but it is nice to get a little appreciation in return and Liam loves the mess out of these pants.
I decided that I would try making my first pockets and I think they turned out fabulously well!
I had a little panic (after I’d already cut them out, of course…) about making a flat-front and what that would do to the width of the pants (since the last pair fit perfectly, but without much room for error in that department). I ended up cutting out strips of the truck part of the fabric, patching them together, and then stitching them in a strip down the sides of the legs. I’m declaring it a ‘happy accident’ because I love the stripe!
During the course of making these pants I drew blood with several pins and incurred a burn after the iron shot hot water out of the steam spout all over my hand (at which point Matt, who was sitting in the next room, proceeded to immediately order a new iron for me since this isn’t the first time this has happened). In case giving birth to him wasn’t enough I’ll be able to tell him that I also put blood, sweat, and tears into making clothes for him…literally.
It was worth it.