Since we watch so much football thanks to Hubby’s job, Tater has been asking for his own football jersey FOREVER. He has a puzzle with numbers and has been known to run around holding the numbers on his shirt to pretend it’s a jersey.
So, for Christmas, Tater, Bean and their cousin will be getting their own football jerseys – Numbers 01, 02 and 03 to reflect their ages. And of course I had to go as authentic as I could, so it involved a new pattern.
To do this, you need a basic t-shirt pattern. If you don’t have one, see this post.
To make the shirt with the seam across the chest and no sleeve seams (just like a real jersey), I first drew a straight line on my paper. I lined up the center front of my t-shirt front and back pieces against the line, overlapping the seam allowances at the collar.
I traced the armhole edges and collar edges with the pieces in place like this (I was using my v-neck t pattern; see this post to make a v-neck), and got a piece that looked like this
I laid that piece on paper and laid the sleeve piece on it, lined up at the bottom edge, and traced it. Then I flipped the sleeve piece over to the back and traced again. This pattern adds some width to the sleeve since you take out the shoulder slant of the original t-shirt.
My final top piece looked like this
For the bottom, I just traced the original t-shirt pattern from the armholes down, adding 1 inch to the bottom since I was adding a seam across the shirt.
I put in the v-neck ribbing in the collar, then appliqued the numbers onto the shirt front and back.
I had 3 pieces at this point – a top, lower front and lower back.
I sewed on the front and back
Then sewed the side and underarm seams. I hemmed the bottom and sleeves, and had Tater try it on.
It was chilly, so he had another shirt underneath.
It’s the perfect shirt for getting ready to snap a ball
Catching a pass
Or tucking the ball to run
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CA-UTE Melissa!!!! Oh my goodness, you are so so talented. What a great gift for a boy
Those boys are going to love their shirts! Darling.
Those boys are going to love their shirts! Darling.
Those boys are going to love their shirts! Darling.
Those boys are going to love their shirts! Darling.
Those boys are going to love their shirts! Darling.
Those boys are going to love their shirts! Darling.
Those boys are going to love their shirts! Darling.
Those boys are going to love their shirts! Darling.
Aww, very cute! Did you have problems prising it off him again?
That’s adorable! {And so is he!} Wish I’d have seen this in time to MAKE my son a Boldin jersey before I bought him a $40 one for Christmas!! I hope you’ll share this here:
http://oneartmama.blogspot.com/2011/12/shine-on-fridays-6-and-some-fabulous.html
That looks fantastic. Great job!
Darling! Love the details.
So cute! I love how you personalized them with their ages… such a great idea.
just like the big guys yes my guys have all grown up being tough football players as well love your jersey think this is a great idea for my grandson so he can be like the big guys as well come see me at http://shopannies.blogspot.com