Kurta and dothi pants for boys

Though I have made some babyboy dresses, this is the first time I am making kurtha and dothi pants for boys. This is specially made for my nephew who celebrated his first birthday yesterday.  I want to make something in maroon and half white but since I had no time for fabric shopping, I used the fabric from my stash. I had a doubt whether it would look like boys outfit, but happy to hear from my sister that it look pretty on him.

I tried this pant on my younger daughter and extremely loved the way it look on her. Sure to make many dothi pants for her but my elder hates this too as other pants. She loves skirts... 

Material used: Brocade with cotton lining, soft cotton

DIY idea/reusing (sewing elastic band from pant to skirt)

Its almost more than a month, we didn't do any crafts or sewing. I have hard time managing my tiny tot, house hold chores, crafts, sewing, so something I can keep quite for some days is craft and sewing...as a result no updates. Slowly started doing some work and hopefully, there will be more updates hereafter...

*This project is for those with sewing knowledge i.e those who know to sew a skirt already*

And for now, I have a DIY idea. Some sort of reusing. 

we use pants from knit fabric for the kids, some times the pants will be in good condition but cannot wear( we have some holes or torn while playing)...we can make use of such pants for this project and some coordinating fabric.It is a quick project and you can finish off in 1/2 hour.

You'll need
Elastic band from a pant(here it is knit fabric)

 And a coordinating fabric

Procedure

Cut 4'' or 5''  from the elastic and discard the legs, we don't need them

 Measure the width of the elastic band. Take 3 times the coordinating fabric i.e
 width of the skirt fabric= 3Xwidth of the elastic band
             Here the width of the band is 20'', so the skirt width is 60"

Length of the skirt = length need - length of the elastic band. here length needed is 24", length= 24"- 5"(length of the elastic band)

Make pleats and sew like a normal skirt. Now attach the skirt part to the elastic band from the pant. The skirt is done. 

And my dd loves skirts...yes she loved this one too...

Edited:
Linking to A Round tuit

One more dress...

Its a long pending post...the other dress I made for my daughter's birthday. First I thought of making yellow with yellow later I loved the blue velvet and yellow combination.

 yet I have to time that time I kept it very simple, ruffle skirt with plain top and bows.

I also made a matching flower hairband for her...

 Later, when she wore the dress I find something I have to improve in this dress

Taking rest after all celebrations...

I also have a plan to make a dress for the elder one in the same combo.

Her Birthday dress

 One more year completed... And my dear little one is now 2 years old. 
 I made two dresses for her.
 Instead of skirt and blouse I made a long dress in silk.

When she grows up, I can use it as top and pair it with leggings(what an idea!!!!:))

Photos by Uthayachandran

This is how, the dress look at the back. 

Photos by Uthayachandran

And the neck design is done by me... aari embroidery with stones. I am learning it, this is first neck design.