posted by Cara
scroll down to see who won our fun robot tote!!
The pants that my boys choose first when they get dressed in the morning are the ones that I've patched. I usually have fun with the patches and use ribbon and a variety of fabric and patches. Not only is it more fun for me at the sewing machine, but the boys think these are much 'cooler' than regular plain patches ;)
Once, not too long ago, I patched one knee in a pair of Anthony's pants and the second time he wore them with the new patch he ripped a hole in the second knee!! Again, the second time he wore them after the second patch was added, he fell leaving the house for school at 7:30 that morning. He started crying and I thought that he had hurt himself pretty badly. I hugged him tight and checked him out but he seemed intact. When he finally stopped crying enough for me to make him out, I realised that he was upset because his patches were dirty!! LOL! I ran in the house and got him a clean pair of pants. The fabric at the knee was a bit weak so I jokingly said that he could try and rip these ones so that I could give him a new patch. I had pretty much forgotten all about the fall until that night when he was in the bath. His knees and most of the length of his legs were scratched and scraped.
me: 'Anthony, what happened to you?'
Anthony: 'You said to try and rip my jeans so that you could make me a new patch. I tried really hard, but they just wouldn't rip!'
THE WINNER OF THE ROBOT TOTE IS.....
Daniela, comment number 207
she wrote:
Oh, my little boys will love it!
Congrats Daniela, check your inbox :)
Thanks so much everyone for all the sweet comments that you left us!! Helen and I got together on Wednesday and the buttons and tote are now united ;) Here's what the final project looks like.
I love your version of patches! Much more visually interesting that the typical patch but still definitely all boy.
Posted by: Cindy | May 24, 2010 at 01:52 PM
Love your patches...and Anthony's sweet attempts to give you the opportunity to make more!!! gorgeous new blog Cara, with some lovely ideas - I'm popping you in my reader now so I don't lose this blog!
Posted by: Jolie | May 25, 2010 at 11:29 PM
These are so cute!
My sister and I are having a "Mending Week" this week and will be posting a link back to this great idea. Could I use a picture from this post?
Thanks!
Posted by: Suzanne | June 02, 2010 at 03:57 PM