time for some boy sewin'

"What are you going to do with that?" Josiah asked,

looking at the red and white striped shirt

I'd brought home from a recent thrift store run.

(No one assumes clothes are for wearing anymore...)

I told him I was thinking it'd make some cute hats.

"No, I think it'd be better as a smaller shirt," he said.

so

I figured it was time for some boy - sewing.

As usual

I didn't think to pull out the camera

until after I'd cut into a 50 cent pair of pants.

If Josiah hadn't wanted belt loops

I would have finished his shorts in 15 minutes

since I used the existing hem

and both the inner and outer leg seams.

After I'd cut out the shorts

I realized

what was left of the pants

was just about perfect

for shorts for Brandon!

The crotch was quite baggy

so I took care of that first

then put a 1 inch hem in the bottom

and

viola

matching shorts for 2 of my best buds