![]() ![]() I found batch sewing these made the process fun too. At the same time I cut out and made a pale green version with flowers and bugs, with yellow accents for our niece. I found a fun mustard, grey and black loop backed French Terry and paired it with some grey jersey for the hood lining and this time decided to use cuffing for the cuffs and waistband. He loves dinosaurs, so it seemed like the best thing to find was some dinosaur prints. ![]() can be unpredictable I decided to get ahead with making birthday hoodies so that should I have a flare up I wasn’t rushing around trying to make them at the last minute. I do try to use local businesses where I can.īoth recipients of the previous hoodies have birthday’s in the spring. I love that it is a Worcestershire business too. This place really is my go-to for children’s fabrics and fun prints. After all, children grow! I found some beautiful French Terry’s at The Maker’s Merchant again. I wonder if I should start including an ‘it has pockets’ label too? I do love a good label these days.Īs the new year approached, I got excited about making some more of these little hoodies. I’ve heard that both my niece and nephew very much like having a pocket on their sweatshirts, and this is a decent one for them too. This time the jersey wasn’t quite as good quality, so was a bit thinner, but for the job it was doing, it did okay. I mean, I don’t make just for that – but it really does brighten my day! □Īgain with this version I used jersey for the cuffs, waistband and inner hood. There really is something about doing something for other people and getting such an overwhelmingly positive reaction. He put his new hoody on straight away and was thrilled with it. We did a doorstep drop off for this gift the day before Advent. I got this from Guthrie and Ghani back in October, and I’m so glad I snapped it up whilst it was there. This was left over from the matching Christmas jumpers I made for James and myself, using the softest and snuggliest fleece backed French Terry in navy blue with cartoon reindeers all over. Every time I see a photo I do feel very proud to see a little person wearing something I have made.įrom here I moved on to making a Christmas hoody for our 2 ½ year old nephew. But, I have it on good authority that this hoody has been a firm favourite with my niece and I have seen lots of photos of her wearing it. You can never quite tell with toddler clothes, especially when I am not a parent myself anyway. This being the first make, I really wasn’t sure how it would go down. Despite the pandemic, things aren’t taking as long as I predicted to arrive from the UK so that was a nice surprise. As soon as they were made they were parceled up and sent on their way to their new home in New Zealand. I managed to also make a matching pair of leggings to go with this. ![]() But for a toddler wearing cloth nappies, a looser waistband might not be a bad thing! The positive here is that the hood lining and the cuffs match, the down side is that it possibly makes the cuffs and waistband a little looser than it might be with cuffing. Where this would normally be using cuffing for the cuffs and waistband, I do quite like the look of the jersey and it being cotton jersey it is a similar weight too. Match made in heaven.Īs you can see, I used the jersey for the inner hood and the cuffs and waistband. I had some fabric left over from sewing myself yet another pair of Juno Pyjamas so I decided to use the same combination of narwhal French Terry (bought from The Maker’s Merchant back when in store visits were a thing, pre-pandemic!! I miss this!) and some perfectly matching white and pink striped cotton jersey which I bought after Sarah at Like Sew Amazing shared it on her Instagram page, matching the exact narwhal fabric I had already. The first version I made was for my then 18 month old niece (and it includes the obligatory ‘Auntie Made It’ label by Kylie and the Machine, of course!). ![]()
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