When Laura from Titchy Threads and Craftstorming contacted me, I was beyond excited. At that stage I already owned and sewn three of the amazing small fry skinny jeans. You can find my favorite one HERE. It is my favorite pattern for jeans for the kids . Pictures of the twisted trousers started popping up all over blog world and I knew I just had to have it for the kids. Laura beat me to it and offered me the twisted trousers as well as the tank pattern and a bonus of the rowan tee. Very Lucky Girl aren’t I ? I have since also bought the azure swimsuit pattern and it is ready to be made. There are so many reasons I can recommend all of Laura’s patterns – I have learned something new out of each and every one of them, they are very cool, hip, gender neutral, well-fitted and quite ingenious.

We are heading into summer here in Kentucky so I instantly knew I was going to make light pants. It is also tick and mosquito season so I went with Long pants with drawstrings on the bottom to protect them from any unwanted bites. The fact that it is warmer I knew the kids are bound to get wet and chose Boardshort fabric from the Fabric Fairy for both of their pants for the reason that it will dry fast . Because this pattern is reversible I added white net fabric ( the kind that is on the inside of sport jackets and football jerseys are made of) on the inside. I made a twisted tank for Isabella with grey and white gingham knit from Girl Charlee and a Rowan Tee for Arthur also with knit from Girl Charlee…

For Arthur’s pants we stuck with his beloved sharks and I machine stitched some waves and a shark fin on the back pocket. for the pockets lining I used some shark quilting cotton purchased from Fabricworm. The first picture below shows you how nicely designed this pattern is – Laura explains very well how to make the pants reversible and I am excited to make a reversible pair in the winter with some knit on the inside and solid on the outside. These pants have endless possibilities with different type of fabrics, colorblocking etc. .

For Arthur’s seams I used my Janome coverstitch machine to topstich on all the seams which gives it a beautiful even finish on top and still cover the inside seams without having to serge them. I chose stripes for the rowan tee. Again endless possibilities you can play around with . ( I’ve made a few rowan’s for Arthur in the past couple of weeks – The pattern has a kangaroo pocket/chest pocket – bands or no bands and a hoodie option. Another must-have staple pattern for your pdf library…..

For Bella’s pants I used mint green boardshort fabric and gave her star pockets. I added grey bias piping on the side, back and pocket seams. For the shirt I used the twisted Tank pattern and played around with the gingham in different directions. I added a frill around the neck to girly it up and a zipper at the bottom because what 4 year old doesn’t like to play with a zipper?

Isabella’s has been done for a while and she was very happy that she could finally wear it today.

I am guessing we will have plenty of Adventures in these.

Twisted Tuesdays has just begun – Hop on Over to Craftstorming every Tuesday till the 9th of June and see all the amazing Twisted Trousers, Tanks and Rowan Tee’s.

Till next time…….