Whore Faces, Kids, and Embroidery

My kids keep growing or losing pajamas. The pajamas they currently have are very tight or non-existent. I made a set for each girl and a set for the boy. All of them are embroidered, of course. This machine is so much fun. I used KS 3234, my go-to kid t-shirt and pajama pattern. I have made t-shirts no less than 10 times from this pattern. My son received 4 sets of "cozy clothes" this Christmas. I made them out of microfleece for cold cabin winters. These pajamas are made from Siltex knit I bought from the FabricandNotions Yahoo group. It's wonderful knit. Soft, thick. and cozy. These pajamas are extra big so hopefully we'll get a lot of wear out of them.


Here's a close-up of the bird applique I embroidered. It's from Urban Threads. I love her stuff. It took me a few practice runs to get the applique thing down but I think this one looks pretty good. The dark purple is melton wool from my coat and jacket. The wing is made from an old, old fabric that was passed down to me from my husband's grandmother when she died. I have about 300 little 4" squares that were probably going to be a quilt. I will use them here and there are infuse everything with Gina-Love. My kids never got to know her but she was a super caring, loving woman. Maybe through her materials the kids can learn something about her?



Here is the top from the set I made my son. The octopus was his idea. I went to Urban Threads and when he saw this one, he said, "That's it mom. Stop! Mom! That was it!!! Mr. Oc-to-pod. He should be on my shirt!" I still need a little help with that whole "centering" thing.


Here is Mr. Oc-to-pod. I love his googly eyes and hat. My son picked out the orange fabric ("It's my FAVORITE COLOR mom!") and the eyes.



Because I have chosen mostly applique-type embroideries, I had to figure out a system fast for storing all the little pieces. This is what I came up with. In each envelope holds a pattern for the little pieces that get cut out. On the outside of the envelope is the name where I got the design, the parts, and a very crude drawing. Anybody got a better idea? Eventually, these will have to go in a binder or something.



This was me practicing. I'll be sending this to my girlfriend in California. Yes, it really says, "whore face". It makes me laugh every time I look at it. She'll find it amusing too. I really like the juxtaposition of the two way different themes. Embroidery, up until a year or so ago, seemed like an old lady hobby (no offense!!!!!) and pairing that with the words "whore face" cracks me up. I see more things like this in my future. And really, no offense about the old lady embroidery thing but you hear about older ladies embroidering, I know better now!!!! The colors are all washed out. It looks nice in real life, not so . . . pink.

Another practice run. I love this applique thing. You can see on the wing where the thread broke. I realized a little too late I was using black buttonhole thread. Stupid Dawn, very stupid. After I switched to regular black poly thread it went fine.

Tomorrow I'll be tracing off a March pattern from BWOF. I haven't figured out which one but I think it might be that blouse with the gathered neck.