Here's my latest attempt at sewing and doing my own applique on a t-shirt. I thought it turned out cute (but see my further thoughts below. And I haven't tried it on Jackson yet since he's sleeping and I just now finished it).
Thanks to Alicia's blog and inspiration, and the tutorial on this blog for how to hand applique, I whipped up this whale applique in no time. Because I accidently bought the wrong bonding (I got Heat N Bond instead of Heat N Bond Lite), I couldn't stitch it. But this just cut down on my time in making it, and I still like the way it turned out.
I have heard that shorts are the easiest thing to make. Well, after
Next step, sewing a Jon Jon!
p.s. I used the Circo t-shirt from Target that I had bought last year. However, I'm noticing that the Wal-Mart and Target brands have pockets on their plain t-shirts for boys. Anyone been able to find another good but inexpensive alternative, without pockets on the shirt??
Way to go! The pocketless t-shirts can be tough to find -- sometimes Old Navy has them, sometimes Target/Wal-Mart. You have to keep your eyes open :)
ReplyDeleteI order Rabbit Skins shirts through Amazon. FYI, they run a little small.
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ReplyDeletei usually just use a seam ripper and rip the pockets out of the circo shirts. after they're washed you can't tell that the pockets were there. When I really get creative (and want the lettuce edge for my daughter) I use dharmatrading.com, but I agree that a lot of times they aren't true to size.