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Burda 9990 - Khaki pants

These are the pants that my son recently outgrew.

2009-07-16 Caleb's pants 001

These are the pants that I made to replace
the pants that my son recently outgrew.

Burda 9990 pants

This is the spot where my son colored with ink on
the pants that I made to replace
the pants that my son recently outgrew.

Burda 9990 pants - spot locations

This is how it looks after I scrubbed
the spot where my son colored with ink on
the pants that I made to replace
the pants that my son recently outgrew.


Burda 9990 pants - pilled spot

This is how optimistic I am about how long these pants will last because of
how it looks after I scrubbed
the spot where my son colored with ink on
the pants that I made to replace
the pants that my son recently outgrew.

me - unimpressed


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  1. MarieMay 4, 2010 at 9:50 PM

    Cute post. Gotta love them younguns!!

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  2. BeccaAMay 4, 2010 at 10:44 PM

    Cute post! You made nice pants for him. I think scrubbing is much harder on fabric than regular washing, so they may last better than your final picture suggests.

    For privacy, you may want to change the name of the photos you add to blogger because on the blogger dashboard it tells your son's name in the photo designation although I don't see it when I go to your page.

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  3. JoyMay 4, 2010 at 11:15 PM

    Heh! That's the question - will they outgrow or wear out the pants first?

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  4. bamboo laminateMay 5, 2010 at 10:06 AM

    Wonderful post! Have a great day.

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  5. amberMay 5, 2010 at 11:16 AM

    Hilarious post! The picture at the end is what seals it. :)

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  6. Ann Made StudioMay 5, 2010 at 8:47 PM

    Great looking pants....great sense of humor and best of all....great unimpressed picture :))))

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  7. Sew it my way!May 6, 2010 at 2:00 PM

    Wow, you did such a great job on those khaki's! Have you tried to treat the fabric with scotch guard to prevent soil built up or use dryell fabric cleaner to sponge out pen, marker, sauce etc? It's a good investment.

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  8. Anne LMay 12, 2010 at 3:52 AM

    Great pants, great momma's face. :-)

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