People love to sew for girls. In fact I hear constant complaints about not having enough boy stuff out there, or that sewing for boys isn’t as fun. Not only is sewing for boys fun but I find that when I have little time to create whipping something super cool up for a boy is easiest.
If your boy is like mine then he wears jeans and a tee shirt basically every day of the week. I get that sometimes making tee seems like a waste since you can buy a tee shirt pretty cheap. But with a great pattern like the one I used here The Recess Raglan which can easily be made in less than 30 min with a great fit and finish. I decided to add a graphic to this one because it’s
A) Super easy
B) Super Quick and
C) Makes the top super cool
I scratched my image up a little before I ironed it on so it would have even more of a vintage/aged look.
I used some white knit and heather knit from Girl Charlee for the Recess Raglan Tee. I cut the sleeves a little short off the long sleeve so it had that “baseball sleeve” length. (that’s what my husband calls it) But I like the slim fit to the Recess Raglan.
Jude loves the new graphic tee that was so super easy he may just be requesting a closet full…
Mae
I constantly struggle with boys clothing because my little man (18 months) doesn't have much of an opinion on what he wears. With my bigger girls I can see her face light up when she gets a dress that's her favorite color or whatever special thing I do for her. I'll have to try this out, he does love trains & elephants so maybe I just need to get more creative! Thanks for the idea
kitty crafter
Thanks for the info. Your shirt looks awesome! I actually have some TAP paper, but have been nervous about trying it. <br />This might be a dumb question, but how do you reverse an image? <br />Thanks! <br />Jen 🙂
Shauna@shwinandshwin
Most programs that allow you to open a picture to view have an option to "flip horizontal" or mirror image. I used Mac Preview and flipped it horizontal
Carol
I have a question, would using Batman be a copyright infringement?
Shauna@shwinandshwin
If I were making the shirts for sale absolutely, I don't own the rights to Batman. I would not advise selling shirts with copyright images.
Carol
Thank you for letting me know.
Heather
Awesome shirt! I personally love sewing boy clothes because they have such clean, simple lines. I love the shoes that Jude is wearing. Can you tell me what kind they are please?
Shauna@shwinandshwin
The shoes are from Target, they are a favorite around here 🙂
Mmmmm...cookies!
I love this. I've been toying with the idea of buying some TAP for a while now. One question. Is it opaque and could be used on a colored knit or is white the only option?
Shauna@shwinandshwin
You cut around your design to remove the extra background and then you can just scratch away any negative space. It is clear but you can kind of tell there is something clear there. It scratches off really easy though. I am excited to try and use it on colored knits as well.
Lissa
Mae,<br />I have 3 boys and let me tell you that while he doesn't care about clothes it is YOUR time to have fun! So bring on the bowties and sport coats with hoodies and suspenders!
A Lemon Squeezy Home
Turned out totally awesome. Sabra just sent me the link to the TAP last week because it's so awesome how she uses it. And how you use it:). Great job. I have some raglans I still need to post! Totally forgot about them. Yay, free post!
Emily Thompson
LOVE it!!! My son is super into super heroes right now so I will have to try something like this!!! Have I invited you to my group pinterest board. Sewing for kids??? E-mail me at [email protected] to join… I'd love for you to be pinning awesome ideas like this and the board is growing super fast!!! Emily
thingsforboys
Looks great! I bought some TAP a while ago and still haven't used it. I really should dig it out.
jacq
Love this! <br />What size did you use for the recess raglan? I just made a 4T but it's huge on my 4 year old!
Shauna@shwinandshwin
He typically wears a 6 in this pattern but this time I made him a 5 and took it in a little . My 4 year old wears a 3 since she is pretty slim. The nice thing about them being too big is that they will either grow into it or you can take it in pretty easily by sewing the side side seams all the way up through the armpit. Hope that helps!
jacq
Perfect.<br />Will try taking it in and size down on the next version.<br />Wondering if its user error in taping the pattern together as well, most likely :)<br />thankyou!
Pam @Threading My Way
Thanks for sharing how you made this. It's a great idea for boys especially, as it's hard to come up with ideas.
vladimir
Because of your recommendation, I already added the "TAPS" paper to my checkout basket on amazon. I was wondering though, how do you know what size to print it? Like the original batman comic you used, how big was it or how big do i have to make it?
seher aniat
Leather as a material. What precisely will this mean? consider a cotton dress, skirt, or jacket. currently image that very same garment is currently animal skin rather than cotton..<br /><a href="http://tipsongraphicdesigning.com/shop/graphic-tees//" rel="nofollow">graphic tees</a>
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