Peek-a-boo patterns' Junior Joggers

My favorite pattern company, Peek-a-boo Patterns, just released a new pattern and its adorable!  

The Junior Joggers has got to be one of the fastest patterns I've done in a long time.  This pair I made up for Kallie is the very simple version of the pattern and it seriously took MAYBE 20 minutes.  And I'm typically on the slow side.  With a solid Grand Slam tee to layer with, she had a new outfit before breakfast.  Pretty awesome in my book.

The coolest part...she found them so comfy she actually kept the whole outfit on the entire day.  Usually she'll go through 3 to 4 outfits a day so this speaks volumes.

I made Colten a pair with the optional pockets and asked him if they were comfy.  His response..."YES! I wanna wear them every day and every night ALWAYS!"  Alrighty then.  I take that as a solid vote on the comfort factor.

This boy will not take his hands out of these pockets either.  He loves them.  They were so easy too.  I was pleasantly surprised and the tutorial was great.  A good steam iron is definitely your best friend with these.  Wash Away Wonder Tape would help too if you have a machine that likes to make knits wavy.

Pause for some snowflake catching.....

It's been snowing for the last 2 days but refuses to stick, boo.  But with snow on my mind, I plan to whip up plenty more of these for layering under other pants in the cold Minnesota winter we have headed our way.  The speed in which these come together and band at the ankle make this the perfect pattern for winter layering even if its not the original intention of the pattern.  But patterns that can multi task are by far my favorite.

The Junior Joggers comes in sizes Newborn - 6.  Make sure you grab the pattern today while its still on sale!

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New comfy jammies for ME!

Most of the sewing I do is for Kallie.  And if I do sew for myself its usually a test pattern that may not actually be may own style. It's just not that often that I sew something all for myself.  Yesterday I finally sewed up some new jammies that I actually cut out a month or so ago but never got around to finishing.  I'm so glad I did.  There's just something so satisfying about wearing items you've made yourself.

The top pattern I used is the Boston Boatneck by Peek-a-Boo Patterns.  The perfect combo of a raglan with the boat neckline that is my absolute favorite.  The neck is a breeze when you use Wash Away Wonder Tape to stabilize the fabric and it keeps the fabric from going wavy on you.  .

With a gentle curve at the bottom hem its perfect

For the bottoms I used the Yoga Mom Pants also by Peek-a-Boo Patterns.  UGH, they are seriously just so stinking comfy!  I swear I could live in them!!  Yeah, I don't even know what else to say about them...Comfy just completely 100% describes them...

I wear the typical baggy PJ pants sometimes but I greatly prefer yoga pants.  Not that I do a single bit of yoga.  I tried it a couple years ago and it lasted a whopping 1 week I believe.  I just feel so much frumpier in baggy pants and nobody likes feeling frumpy.  These are fitted at the top but no where near as tight as leggings that make the nervous about every single flaw that they're screaming to the world and the hubby likes me in yoga pants. Who doesn't like getting compliments even when their completely comfy in their jammies.  That's a Win-Win in my book.

The fabrics are both Cotton/Lycra knits form Raspberry Creeks CLUB line.  They are so soft and a dream to sew with!  And their prices are their custom designs can NOT be beat.

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Introducing.....Petite Stitchery & Co

Three lovely ladies have joined together to create a new pattern company and man did they start off with a bang!  They've just released 7 patterns in the first ever Fall Collection of Petite Stitchery & Co.  Every piece can be mixed, matched and layered to create endless possibilities and two of them, the Maize and the Ruby can even be mashed together to create an additional look as well.  I actually got to test 2 of these goodies myself, much to Kallie's delight, and we loved both of them.

I made the Maize for starters.  This pattern has so much you can do with it.  It starts as simple as you would like, but for fun you can choose from 2 extra hem designs beyond the basic straight hem as well as dress length or tunic length.  There's a fun curved hem that is longer in the front and back, but curves up on the sides.  The hem I chose to do is the very popular Hi-Lo hem in the tunic length.

CHEESE...

Oh, that sweet face!....Sorry, getting distracted.

I was so excited that the pattern offers a pocket option.  To be honest, I had never sewn pockets before but I was ready to face my fear and take on the challenge.

To my great relief and Kallie's joy, they were a piece of cake.  The tutorial is easy to follow and they come together almost effortlessly.  And what kid doesn't love picking up rocks and treasures everywhere they go and taking them home.  This way the rocks are in her pockets not mine!!  Major bonus!

Maize has two closure options for the back.  A tie back or, as I chose, an adorable button.  It also has three sleeve lengths, short, 3/4 and long.

Come on, are these sleeves not the CUTEST sleeves you've ever seen?!?!  Ugh, I can't get enough of them!  They have the sweetest puff to them without being overwhelming at all.  Just the right touch of little girl sweetness.

Adding the extra details is where your personal style can really shine with this pattern.  Ribbons, lace, appliques, embroidery, buttons.... anything and everything you want.  I chose some really cool wooden buttons and this beautiful crocheted lace I found to add to the bodice and then I couldn't resist adding it all along the bottom hem.  It adds such a lovely finish to the edge.

Last, but most certainly not least, is the Fawn leggings....

I've made my decent share of leggings during my time sewing and I absolutely must say...This is the best fitting legging pattern I have ever made Kallie.  I've tried patterns that have the hem around the ankle so tight that it is a full on struggle to get them over her heel.  Others that are baggy in the legs or so tight they look like they're cutting off her circulation.  And my least favorite...where the crotch was poorly designed with so much pull on the fabric and the crotch of every one of that pattern I made ended up with a whole in the crotch during the first time they were worn.  So frustrating and a total waste of fabric and time.

Thankfully, the Fawn leggings are a perfect fit.  They stay up, actually fit her legs and she can get them on by herself without a two man team to force them over her heels. And the crotch doesn't tear a hole when actually worn!!!!! This is seriously the only legging pattern I plan on ever using from this point on.

Now, I chose to make the plain leggings for this outfit, but the pattern comes with a really fun tuxedo stripe version as well.  A lot of the testers made them and I loved them!  Such and great way to use up some extra fabric scraps you have laying around.

All 7 of the patterns in the Fall 2016 Collection are on sale through Sunday and they are absolute must haves for your pattern hoarding.  Do Not Miss Out on these! You can even join their Facebook group to get a look at even more of the amazing outfits put together by the testing group. I already have Kallie's Christmas outfit planned using these same patterns.  I'm so excited for it.  The fabric is going to be a beautiful pain in my butt, oh but it'll be so worth it!