I did not get much done in the way of sewing during my almost 2 weeks off at the end of the year.  I got one outfit completed for Kailan, and then I spent about 4 hours with a friend sewing her daughter 2 outfits for her American Girl doll and matching jammies for her daughter (no pictures).  It was more than I planned to do, and was a bit tired when I was done with that sewing marathon.

My machine also needs to get serviced.  The timing is off and the seams look horrible most of the time.

Here is what I did end up completing…

The shirt has this cool boom box fabric I found for the boy.  Somehow the sleeves ended up too short, so I will need to add a bit to the edges.

Then I made him a pair of pants with a lycra sweatshirt fabric.  I had intended to use it for me, but he really needed some black pants.  I will likely have to make another pair of black jeans for him, too.  This is highly synthetic, but pretty sturdy fabric.  I found out just how synthetic when I tried to iron around the pockets.  I burned the fabric a little bit.

I’m sure he won’t notice.

He is a boy after all!

A fun comfy outfit for the boy…

Due to the busy time of year for me at work right now, and the fact that my sewing machine is on the fritz…I likely won’t be participating in Project Run and Play’s current season.

The weekly challenges aren’t really my cup of tea this time.  The first one with the pretty party dress would be a waste on my daughter.  She likely won’t wear it, as she has really moved past fancy dresses.  The men’s shirt upcycle was fun when I saw it the first time 5 years ago, but now I have seen so many of the same things that it doesn’t interest me anymore.  Maybe I will see some new versions in the PR&P pool and participants. 🙂

I will try to participate in a few of the challenges, though…once my machine is fixed.