We took family photos on Thanksgiving (which I will share next week) and Tater didn’t have a solid colored shirt to wear. So I whipped one up, with a design I’ve had in mind for a while. I modified a t-shirt pattern with facings so that it has working buttons at the shoulders.
It worked well for family pictures, and I love that it’s very different from most of what I’m seeing in stores. But I think I still want to do some tweaking before I write it up either as a pattern or tutorial.
Without pants pockets, I had a hard time trying to get Tater to act naturally for the camera. (Mental note: always make Tater wear pants with pockets for future photo shoots).
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Melly, I really enjoy seeing what new ideas you come up with for simple but better-than-store-bought styles for clothes, purses, backpacks, and everything. When I have kids, I hope I have the time to sew for them as well as you do! (I also think Tater looks like a mini-Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and have since I started reading your blog.)
Keep up the good work!
Kate
I just made Cai the O+S sailboat top with big huge buttons and I just still can’t decide how I feel about it. I like it, but shirts like this are really different from the norm… usually I like that! I like your shirt better than mine though!
I really love this shirt. There are so many fun things you could do with different button/fabric combinations. Also, I totally see the Joseph Gordon-Levitt resemblance. Lucky boy!
Hah, except I drool over JGL (and have since 10 Things I Hate About You), and I just think, “Aww, cute kid,” when I see your Tater!
Oh my gosh, totally little JGL! I love me some JGL. and Tater.
Love the detail on this! Fabulous. Really.
He is so handsome. very cool top.
I love this shirt. We have actually been working on one that buttons only on one shoulder. Still some tweaking before that is ready as well. Thanks for sharing today.
Donna @onceuponasewingmachine.com
Can’t wait for the tute!