Today’s super quick project happens to be part of the Blank Slate Patterns blog tour. I was super excited when Melissa asked me to be part of the tour because if you have ever sewn one of her patterns then you know they are AMAZING! I have never had a Tee Shirt pattern, every time I made a tee for my kids I just made my own, which is fine sure, but it was time consuming and sometimes I just wished I had a pattern I knew and loved that I could turn to. Enter the Vintage V-Neck pattern.
It has a great fit, long and short sleeve options and I love the v-neck detail. They took about 15 min to make. We are talking FAST. So I decided to make him one for each day of the school week. To make it even faster I went with up-cycles. I used the existing hems for the bodice and sleeves so I didn’t have to hem anything.
I loved that I could dig through the donation bin and even find use for the ugly shirts (this orange shirt was pretty bad) Freshened up with some mint and I love the big pocket.
Keeping it simple with some grey and black the subtle contrast is one of my favorites.
Jude’s favorite tee is the one I made from a graphic tee. It was the only one that I didn’t use the existing hem so that I could fit the graphic where I wanted it. Jude was pretty much just happy about the dead bird on the sleeve… Creepy much?
I just like the easy graphic element, it helps for kids who want to wear less “mommy made” looking clothing. You know how they get…
I made this one from a polo, for the ribbing I used the ribbed collar from the polo. It doesn’t quite stretch as far so it was a little tight over the ginourmous head, but he still likes it. For the sleeves I used the existing hem which had the ribbing and it was a nice change from the others.
The pattern also includes a long sleeve option which is great since we are coming into colder weather. I added elbow patches (simply stitched on from knit) and cuffs at the sleeves. The shirt was this super ugly ill fitting polo that my husband got for Christmas it should have been thrown away or burned, but it was super soft, so it became a cool new vintage v and now I love it.
Renee // nearest the pin
This kid is hilarious! Cute tees too 🙂
kmccalope
This is the best way to start a Saturday morning. Such a cute kid. Tell him I like the "Chicken laying an egg" the best
Katie Lewis
Love these!
Ashley Duggan-Smith
He is hysterical, and he totally has my stamp of approval on his model poses (and their names)! He committed so well to each of them, I can't pick which one is my favorite!
Trina
He truly is an awesome little model! I particularly love the first pic on the Friday box. And how could I not love the chicken laying an egg!!! That kid has style for days!
pixidance
and now I know what to do with my stack of old wonky t shirts that I haven't thrown away for some reason :)<br /><br />I love his posing. He and my daughter would have a blast hamming it up for the camera lol
April Boyer
These shirts and the pictures are amazing! And I just love the shoes. I also love using existing hems and sleeves–makes it so fast to put together!
michael ann
nice moves! and i love it when an ugly old shirt gets new life as something totally hip, all those shirts are fantastic!
Jacklyn Byers
Oh my goodness! Thank you Thank you for this! I snorted with laughter over this kids' posing styles. I'm purchasing this pattern right now. I haven't sewn in forever because of all the woodworking, but leave it to the Shwins to get me back on course. 🙂 Shwin fan all the way!<br />www.ohbygollyblog.com
Annika
this boy is the best! I can assure you: all the moves turned out. i really had a blast reading this post! thanks jude (well and shauna 😉 )
EmSewCrazy
Found you through Melly. Had to comment on all your son's hilarious pose names! So fun! His shirts look amazing too! Great job!
Melissa
Jude is awesome – love his pose names! Thanks for being on the tour.
Sylvie
These are all so cute. I dream of being as talented as you! Someday… I'll keep practicing! 🙂
Mary
Haha, Jude is EXACTLY like his dad – love it! Excited to make a few of these for Sam. I love it that you always have cool boy stuff – it's hard to find stuff to sew for them, especially stuff that the hubs will approve of haha. Thanks, Shauna!!<br /><br />mary
Diary of a Flutter.Kat
He is HILARIOUS!! Reminds me a bit of my Hannah.<br />I just purchased this pattern this week so now I look forward to giving it a go. I wonder if it would look good for girls too.
thingsforboys
love them all, but I think the elbow patches are my favourite! *adds ANOTHER thing to the to do list*
★Max California
Those poses are incredible! As are the shirts!<br /><br />Also hacking up an Atticus tee for him? So rad! Atticus is a clothing brand by one of the guys from Blink 182 🙂 (I can't remember which one)(the other two own Famous Stars and Straps and also MacBeth which are shoes ^_^) (the more you know!) haha
Kristie
This is awesome! LOVE the poses.
Tara
Oh my gosh. This kid is a hilarious and amazing model. So cute!!!
lindsey
I was just looking at old posts from the sew fab bundle to get inspiration for sewing new clothes for my 18m toddler. I laughed so hard at the poses and names at the bottom. All of your tshirts and the pictures are so great, and the ones at the end really top it off!!
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Fran
Shirts are super cute! Thanks because boys are so hard! And your Jude is the coolest kid ever! :o)