Originally Posted by noordinaryspider  my 16 year old isn't very little, but he's still my baby and i'm nervous that he won't like his present even though he's been asking for it all year. We have the socks and underwear tradition and this year he really, really wanted something handmade. I sew foer his little brother, but i never made his clothes. I did teach him how to mend and do some basic crafty sewing and he has very fond memories of it and an appreciation for the quality organic fabrics i use for Terran's clothes. So including the shipping, it was $60 for enough bamboo jersey in "Christopher colours" to make five pairs of boxers and two tank tops myself. it would have cost a lot less to toss an economy-sized pack of fruit-of-the-looms in my cart at Target and the tanks wouyld have hung better and could have been worn as outerwear in the summer and i woiuldn't be so afraid of my "baby" boy being teased. It's probably too late for Christmas. but both boys have January birthdays and Christopher wants to give Terran a stuffed animal. I am so nervous about toy safety and haven't done my research yet, but the OP has me thinking that maybe i could give Chris a refresher course on the sewing machine and pick up some fabric and batting i'd be comfortable makinbg clothes with and let him DIY instead of telling him he can order either the monkey or the giraffe online at the website I found and leave the room while I type in my credit card information because it's way too expensive for a teen with no steady employment to afford. Any suggestions on patterns? Chris is more experienced at hand sewing than machine sewing and better at putting things together in a logical fashion than following directions. I'm also quirky about wanting Terran to experience realistic animals and nature facts before we introduce fiction with anthropomorphized animals, so no teddy bears who wear clothes and live in houses just yet. |
