A Boy and his Stuffed Puppy: Matching PJ's

My son has this stuffed dog. He LOVES this toy. He got it from someone, I want to say between the ages of 18 months and 2 years old. When we asked him what he was going to name the toy he said, "Woof woof". And the name has stuck ever since. 

One day he asked me to make Woof woof some pajamas, because he wanted them to match at bedtime. Aww, how cute.

So I got to work. I had the perfect fabric, and the perfect pattern to make the boy and stuffed toy matching pajamas. I used the Monster's Rock fabric from the winter pj's, cut out the smallest baby size pattern for the puppy, and a larger size for the boy for growing room. Alex and Anna summer PJ's to the rescue from the Peek-A-Boo pattern shop.

When I finished the pj's the boy was asleep so I quietly went into his room and took out Woof woof and put his pajamas on him and put him back in bed with his boy. The boy was all smiles when he woke up, not the happiest to know that Woof woof left his room though. The next night he asked what he was going to wear to bed and I mentioned the matching set of summer pj's and I got the biggest smile out of that boy. He raced to put on his pj's that night instead of being his usual pokey self. A refreshing change from the usual bedtime routine.

They look so cute together!

Magic Unicorns Sorbet

I've been working on a couple of projects and I have one ready to post, finally!

Look at this fun fabric by Michael Miller called Magic Unicorns Sorbet. It's bright. It's girly. It's perfect for my daughter who loves pink and purple.

I decided to make her some summer pajamas from this yard of fabric. I made a pillowcase top and matching shorts using the KID Shorts pattern (link goes to her tutorials page) by Dana from MADE.

This time I used the regular shorts pattern without the flat front. I still used the 4T pattern for her, like I did for her other shorts, but I used the 3T length instead of the 4T length, since she has short legs.

Once everything was cut and serged, I sewed all the pieces together.

Completed!

The original top was a little too wide for her. She was sleeping when I finished everything so I couldn't try it on her beforehand.

No problem. I just removed a few stitches, pulled the elastic a little more (I used elastic in the casing because I don't want the ribbon to run all the way through the top so she doesn't pull the whole thing out, and I kind of like the look of it better. Keeps everything gathered nicer.), and put it back together. I'm not overjoyed with having loose strings on pajamas, but I haven't quite decided how to remedy that.

She won't fully wear it until I remove that hazard.
But she sure does look cute!