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Ever since we visited his cousin Miles at Christmas and saw him in the cutest little maroon jeans, I have been dying to have some for Brit. While they were apparently from Target, I never seem to run into the darling little boy’s clothes there, so I decided to make him some. Of course that meant that I bought a yard of maroon denim from Joann’s months ago and it just sat in my living room, mocking me (I lost the pattern that I was planning to use). Finally, after searching through all of the different kids patterns that I have acquired over years of dollar sales, I decided that Simplicity 2907 would work, with some modification.
With the hot weather recently I decided that a loose fitting top sounded like just the thing. I also thought that some light weight breathable cotton that I got from denver fabrics on sale recently would be perfect. I think it worked out…
So I bought Simplicity 1688 about a month ago and just had to sew the cropped jacket, so cute! Sadly as I couldn’t find a review of it out there yet I was on my own.
I decided I had better sew a muslin to check the fit before I cut into the teal linen fashion fabric; I decided to sew a 12.
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