When my children were young, I made many of their clothes - shirts, shorts, dresses, vests, overalls, you name it. We were, as most couples are, young and pinching pennies, and there was a fabric store in town that was known for selling cheap and inexpensive fabrics. Since kids grow so fast, I shopped there often, especially their remnant table. For my boys, I had a particular shirt I liked to make for warmer weather and I wondered if the pattern were still available.
I scoured my brain and the internet both, looking for just the thing, and I found it. It made me smile because I also made my older son many pair of slacks from the same pattern. I have been saving some fire and rescue fabrics and decided to go ahead and buy the pattern to make a shirt or two out of it. And so I did!
I finished this shirt today. It's 100% cotton, so it may wrinkle a bit, but I hope some young man enjoys it.
It was a trip down memory lane making this shirt and I think I just might have to do it again.
I had energy to burn today, so I made another Peter Max bag and put it on eBay.
I scoured my brain and the internet both, looking for just the thing, and I found it. It made me smile because I also made my older son many pair of slacks from the same pattern. I have been saving some fire and rescue fabrics and decided to go ahead and buy the pattern to make a shirt or two out of it. And so I did!
I finished this shirt today. It's 100% cotton, so it may wrinkle a bit, but I hope some young man enjoys it.
Love the band on the sleeves.
The pattern called for piping and a band on the pocket, but not this time.
It was a trip down memory lane making this shirt and I think I just might have to do it again.
I had energy to burn today, so I made another Peter Max bag and put it on eBay.
I did the same kind of shirt for my boys when they were young too. Thanks for the reminiscing. ;^)
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