Carbuncle Gonk Split

 I forget how I was introduced to the concept of a split shirt--I think it may have been a snarky Discord post, with the first examples being AliExpress offerings where the graphics were very obviously printed after the front fabrics were sewn together, and very obviously misaligned with the seam.

The idea of making a split shirt from scratch bubbled in my back brain for a while, and then I realized I had the perfect opportunity to make one for the kiddo from the fabric left after making the previous two pairs of pants--I had been able to eke out a short sleeve shirt for me from the remaining cloth after a previous pair of pants made from a 2 yard pre-cut, so I knew there wouldn't be enough left over to make a traditional sweatshirt from a single color (and the fabric is all wrong for short sleeves.)

So...maybe...this could be the opportunity to try a split shirt?

And then I cut out the pants and it seemed like there might possibly be enough left of each one to make two slim fit sweatshirts for a skinny kid

but

no.

I would not second guess myself and I would make that split shirt.

Which of course brought up the question of what graphics?

I decided this would not be the time to surprise the kiddo and asked for his ideas.  I specified that I'd rather not do memes, because, when he is over a meme, he is over it, and I do love him but I don't really enjoy making things that he won't even look at once he no longer finds them funny. (Shrek shirt, I'm so sorry you weren't appreciated longer.)  So, yeah, I wasn't willing to do anything related to Better Call Saul (which no-one in this household has ever watched.  He just likes the memes.)

Outside memes, he does like his mildly obscure video game characters.  He emailed me images of his chosen two: Puyo Puyo Carbuncle and Lego Star Wars Gonk Droid.  I made freezer paper stencils and sewed everything together and presented him with this

Cayenne Pants

 The previous post mentioned buying two Walmart mill end pre-cuts that were different colors of the same fabric, and here are the pants made from the other color

 

 

Charcoal Pants

 We walked past the aisle where the Walmart mill end pre-cuts are, and I glanced over, not expecting to see anything--and saw that the bins were once again full.  I detoured over and poked quickly through everything, choosing a piece of hounds tooth double knit for me and two rolls of what was obviously the same knit in different colors to make more things for the kiddo.

I started with another pair of sweatpants, this time in charcoal

The End of the Green

 The three yards of 60" extra thick french terry used for the kiddo's green pants and Husband's green shorts had just enough left to make a long skirt for me--honestly, I had expected Husband to choose pants and therefore leave me with enough fabric for a simple mini skirt, but that didn't happen, and I was so tired of that fabric that I wanted to use as much of it as possible for this last project.

So.

A long skirt it is.

and I am currently very hostile toward it.

Husband Shorts

Every once in a while, I try sewing some loungewear for Husband.  Since I had so much of that thick green french terry left, I offered to sew some pants for him; he requested shorts instead.

No problem!  New Look 6766 it is again...just...truncated.

Tiny headphone fix

 The kiddo has taken possession of my old MP3 player, since he likes music and ~retro tech~.  He also does not like things in his ears, so he uses an old(er) set of headphones, and the foam padding on them was starting to fall apart, so I made low-effort replacements

I used one of the original foam covers as a pattern to cut the new shapes from a fabric that's more or less a really thin polar fleece (something I'd acquired for doll use) and just zigzagged thin elastic around the edges--no measuring, just pulling it taught as I sewed.  I also left the green thread in the machine from the previous (and next) project.  If the kiddo notices, he'll probably think it's funny.

It's not as cushiony as the foam pieces are (I do still have them), but I was concerned that a thicker, fluffier fabric might start to alter the sound quality, and the kiddo is discerning enough to notice things like that (which is why he's using these beat up old Sony headphones instead of the newer no-name headphones from when he was younger)

Green Pants

 Continuing to use New Look 6766 and mill end precuts from Walmart to make pants for the kiddo, I made these

Tulle Star: In Action!

 

Shirt

 Not-really-corset

Skirt (later slightly modified)

 

 Special guest: Neighborcat Tyler

And a Shirt for Me from the Leftovers

 As when I was making the cut sew tights from the 2 yard mill end pre-cuts earlier this year, there was a significant amount of fabric left over from making the kiddo's pants in the previous post.

So I made another little shirt for me

More Kid Pants

 So I mentioned, in the post about the sequin fabric, that there hadn't been anything that struck me as suitable for making pants for the kiddo.  There were some that were close, but I was so overwhelmed by completely unexpectedly finding the perfect sequin fabric that my standards for pants cloth was raised accordingly.

When we were shopping the next week, I glanced at the pre-cut bins and noticed that at least one of the "would have been considered good enough had they not been compared to perfection" fabrics was still there.  I did not get anything that day, but I thought about it, and when we found ourselves low on a particular grocery a few days later, I took the opportunity to go back to that Walmart and see what, exactly, they still had.  (Even though the needed grocery item was an Aldi thing.)

I got 3 yards of a kelly green french terry that is heavy enough to work for pants, as well as possibly another try at making the kid's perpetual green jacket (because his arms are now very much longer than the second version's sleeves), and two yards of a somewhat sturdy light heather gray rib knit (I know most heather fabrics have a significant amount of polyester for the contrast, and I haven't done a burn test to see if there's any cotton at all in this.)

That rib knit is where I started

I have mentioned his noodle physique, yes?

Small

 OK, absolute transparency: my last period wiped out motivation for a few weeks.  It's still not really back yet, but I have managed a few small projects