{"id":6233,"date":"2010-04-02T22:55:05","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T02:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=6233"},"modified":"2012-04-12T21:48:23","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T01:48:23","slug":"easter-3-v-1-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/02\/easter-3-v-1-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Boy Easter Duds Done (ver. 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The\u00c2\u00a0shorts and a shirt are done for Robert Charles. This is the third and final (almost) coordinated Easter outfits for my three grandchildren.\u00c2\u00a0 The yellow baby cord shorts match the bubble made for his cousin Alastair and the shirt has a hatchling duck which appears to be approximately\u00c2\u00a0 the same age\u00c2\u00a0as the ducklings in the\u00c2\u00a0handloom used on his sister\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and\u00c2\u00a0cousin’s outfits.<\/p>\n

Giving some thought to Robert\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s obsession with Super Heroes at age “faw an a haf,” I thought perhaps a waterfowl with a little more\u00c2\u00a0maturity was in order. OESD\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dreams of Childhood<\/em> collection has a spunky ducky dunking, with feet and tail in the air, head apparently underwater. I thought that would appeal to his\u00c2\u00a0age-appropriate compunction to giggle and point out every “butt” he sees, from the dog to the cherub garden statuary. But\u00c2\u00a0this more juvenile design\u00c2\u00a0would still maintain the Spirit of Spring theme projected by the infantile ducklings.<\/p>\n

Eager to\u00c2\u00a0allow Robert to\u00c2\u00a0participate in the design process, I gave him the option of the dunking duck and one from Viking\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sweet Lullaby<\/em> collection by Deb Strain. To my surprise, he chose Deb Strain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0hatchling with a bow around its neck. It seems that on that particular day he was just a little boy wanting to blend in with the crowd.<\/p>\n

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I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m probably going to embroider a different shirt for him. This one is sloppy big on him. I was unable to locate a size 4 white golf shirt so resorted to this sz. 5-6. But it is a lot closer to 6 than Robert is to 5. Today I did find a nice plain white broadcloth dress shirt that I am going to embroider for him.<\/p>\n

I went out on a limb with the shorts. He is such a lean little guy that I wanted something more fitted than the fully gathered boxer style pattern. When he wears such shorts,\u00c2\u00a0 you see nothing but knees and stick skinny legs. Instead,\u00c2\u00a0I used an old button-on suit pattern, cutting out the pants without the side vent extensions, meant to support buttons and buttonholes. The side seams are curved rather than straight and there is very little fullness. I added 1″ to the top of the pattern for a casing.<\/p>\n

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Alastair, 12 months, headed off the growth chart<\/p><\/div>\n

The pants are lined with white Imperial batiste and sewed up just like the Jon-Jon pattern in Martha\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Favorite Applique<\/em> book. It took less than an hour to make them, and that included hand sewing\u00c2\u00a0the 3″ opening for turning them right side out and edge stitching the legs and casing top. They fit him beautifully. Whoever came up with that technique deserves a Sewing Medal of Honor.<\/p>\n

Now I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m off to embroider the dress shirt. I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t decided which design to use. By the time the baby duck shirt fits him, he will be 7 or 8 and likely unwilling to wear it. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll just pack it away in the nursery.\u00c2\u00a0 Alastair is a little tank and will fit in this shirt long before he is faw an a haf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00c2\u00a0shorts and a shirt are done for Robert Charles. This is the third and final (almost) coordinated Easter outfits for my three grandchildren.\u00c2\u00a0 The yellow baby cord shorts match the bubble made for his cousin Alastair and the shirt has … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,22,35,43,18,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6233"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22104,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233\/revisions\/22104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}