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Greetings! I hope that everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend, if you live in the states, that is. If you don’t live in the states I hope that you too had a wonderful weekend! Our family enjoyed the three day holiday weekend and beautiful weather! Saturday morning Tom and I had a bit of a treat… some time without the kids. My mom came over and played with the kids while Tom and I went thrifting and out to lunch… yay! Did we have any luck? A bit. We found some pink Chuck Taylors for Abby and some Levi’s for the boys. I picked up a few XXL t-shirts with plans to upcycle them into shirts for the boys this fall. I was able to get one done before the weekend was through and I think I love it!
I used Figgy’s Tee For Two pattern for the first time. I was inspired by one of my favorite bloggers and friends after seeing the shirts that she had made for her little boy. You can see the post here. It was easy to follow and turned out really well. The fit was great, except for the neck hole. Although it looks fine on, it was a real bear to get over Levi’s head… I almost couldn’t do it! I think I must have done something wrong there, but hope that I can fix it next time around. Take a look…
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| picture quality not so good… took it on my iphone |
What do you think? I used one old Beatles t-shirt for the body and another for the sleeves and the neck.
Jenny Yarbrough
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LOVE Levi’s shirt with the Beatles. Can’t believe how big he is getting. See you soon. Love, Nancy
Hey cute! Thanks for the linkup too
And I should have added to my post…I ended up making the head hole bigger too!!! I just clip about 1/4″ around the whole thing and add a couple inches to the neckband and that really does it for me. Maybe try it next time?
That is TOO cute…he looks so hip!
That is just too cute! Great job!
Great job!! I love the brown and red combo too. Very fall. I’m making a ton of raglan shirts this fall. So comfy!
He looks super cute!
All heads are unique as are all knit fabrics.
I’m sure you cut on the crossgrain?
oh man, somehow I missed this post. CUTE Jenny! great T-shirt choice.
I had trouble with the neck hole too. I think it runs a little small on the pattern, but otherwise I love these shirts.