Boy shorts Michael miller 2d zoo fabric

I've made so much for my little girl I thought it was about time I started making something for my (almost 2) year old boy, plus there is actually quite a bit he needs, shorts being one of them. There is so much choice for little girls out there, the fabrics are bright and funky, but its much harder to find brights for the boys. Even Gap kids have a dull range of muddy browns, greys and khaki greens. I did note that the under 2s section for boys was a little more adventurous but cant understand why age 2-5s have to look dull!

I just love this fabric and I have a few differnt styles to try out. I havnt tried making shorts before- the only trousers I tried were for the Tilda doll.



There were two flaws with the pattern I used- One was that it didnt tell you if you were using patterned material which direction the pattern should go, and if I should be cutting on right or wrong side of the fabric, and it also didnt tell me that before I put one leg into the other that I have to turn one leg piece the right side up. So I wasted a precious fat quarter of fabric thinking I had cut the pieces incorrectly when I hadnt....Perhaps this is all obvious stuff I "should" know but I really appreciate a "patterns for dummies" approach when it comes to following guidelines. I also prefer lots of diagrams, and this was somewhat lacking which is a shame.



Right, Im off to carry on quilting my pillow. Its going to take a long time as I've chickend out with the stippling and have decided to go with a straight line, but even by machine its taking a long time with all the starting, stopping, thread cutting and burying I have to do, so it will probably be at least another two weeks before its finished.