Kids Clothes Week was just the thing I needed to get my mojo back. I’ve been sewing a little bit, but I haven’t felt like it was going well–lots of struggles, some unblogged failures, that darn washed fabric. For me, kid sewing is like down-shifting: the sewing is fairly easy and the pay-off is pretty big. So far this KCW, I’ve already sewn some Oliver+S Field Trip cargo pants (made into shorts) for my bigger boy and some pajamas for both guys (all using up stash fabrics, hooray!), but this top is the one worth posting.
The pattern is Blank Slate’s Perfect Polo, and I’ve made this top here and here already. It’s a lovely pattern, but I always need to increase the length of the collar–it seems to be about 3/4-1″ short in my hands.
For the fabric, I used more of my stash–the putty cotton/Spandex is leftover from an unblogged Julia cardigan. It’s super high-quality–medium-heavy weight, washes well and doesn’t look like it will pill. My little guy wore this shirt all day to daycare (even playing soccer and taking a nap) before I took photos. The cotton print is from the Mod Squad collection.
I kept the shirt modern and left off the buttons entirely.
I know he’s mine, but could this kid get any cuter??
After getting back into my sewing groove with this cute top, I went back to some selfish sewing with great results–I’ll share soon!
Bea & Lucille 
That child is a heart melter! Nice to read you got your mojo back!
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Don't let the angel eyes fool you–he can be a little devil, too!
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That is a great little top! And such a cute little man!
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Hey it's Nicole from the Girl Charlee Team. What a fun shirt! I love to combination of the gray tee with the bright accents. Thanks for linking back to us!
https://www.girlcharlee.com
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Super cute and great sewing. Nothing like a happy, well dressed kid to make it all feel worth while!
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Yay! This fabric so great (and lucky me, I have the same fabric in a beautiful peacock blue, too!).
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I didn't even have to bribe him with lollipops to take photos, either!
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Thank you, thank you!
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man he is such a cute kid. looks like a sweetie, too. oh and i love his shirt! 🙂
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