If you can break it, you should learn to fix it!
That's right. It's a hard knock life in DIY land.
We start 'em young.
And to prove my point I er... made a long sleeve shirt with tools on it?
Ok, not you're buying it. I don't blame you.
But we do try to let the kids tinker a little with us while we're working on home improvement and craft projects. Jonah is a mean chewer of screw drivers and you should see Sienna sew a button! At 2 years old, I'm just really impressed she gets the needle through the hole. Needle! Yikes! Don't worry, she has a child's plastic one she plays with under close supervision by me while intensely absorbed in my own sewing nearby :)
Ok, ok, enough with the jokes. We're happy to admit that we're trying toforce encourage our kids to get into on our hobbies too. And naturally, we get a huge kick out of dressing them for the part.
Hence the real motivation for the cute little long sleeve tool man t-shirt!
With a little saw, hammer, nut, bolt, and carpenter's square on it.
I used the same pattern and instructions for my new pajamas that you can check out here to make this long sleeve shirt out of an old t-shirt.
I made this one even easier by cutting out the existing neck from the old t-shirt to use as ribbing for the neckline instead of making my own.
Instead of ribbing for the sleeves and finishing the bottom of the shirt like I did for the pajamas I simply cut the pattern for the body and sleeves along the original t-shirt hemming.
Easy peasy!
I free handed the tools for the applique and sewed them onto the front of the shirt before sewing the sides together.
It's hard to tell in these pictures, but I straight stitched the saw blade a 1/4 away from the edge so it will fray slightly in the wash and look like a real blade!
I think the little tool man was so excited to get something made for him that he was more than willing to pose for a photo op.
He actually got quite into it.
Should I stand like this? With the one leg out?
How about if I turn slightly like this?
Hand up with a slight smile gazing past you in the distance??
No, no, that's too much.
How about this?
Wait, is that a bug over there?!!
Can we be done now?
He did good. It's hard to bribe a 10 month old for very long....
That's right. It's a hard knock life in DIY land.We start 'em young.
And to prove my point I er... made a long sleeve shirt with tools on it?
Ok, not you're buying it. I don't blame you.
But we do try to let the kids tinker a little with us while we're working on home improvement and craft projects. Jonah is a mean chewer of screw drivers and you should see Sienna sew a button! At 2 years old, I'm just really impressed she gets the needle through the hole. Needle! Yikes! Don't worry, she has a child's plastic one she plays with under close supervision by me while intensely absorbed in my own sewing nearby :)
Ok, ok, enough with the jokes. We're happy to admit that we're trying to
Hence the real motivation for the cute little long sleeve tool man t-shirt!
With a little saw, hammer, nut, bolt, and carpenter's square on it.I used the same pattern and instructions for my new pajamas that you can check out here to make this long sleeve shirt out of an old t-shirt.
I made this one even easier by cutting out the existing neck from the old t-shirt to use as ribbing for the neckline instead of making my own.
Instead of ribbing for the sleeves and finishing the bottom of the shirt like I did for the pajamas I simply cut the pattern for the body and sleeves along the original t-shirt hemming.
Easy peasy!
I free handed the tools for the applique and sewed them onto the front of the shirt before sewing the sides together.
It's hard to tell in these pictures, but I straight stitched the saw blade a 1/4 away from the edge so it will fray slightly in the wash and look like a real blade!I think the little tool man was so excited to get something made for him that he was more than willing to pose for a photo op.
He actually got quite into it.
Should I stand like this? With the one leg out?
How about if I turn slightly like this?
Hand up with a slight smile gazing past you in the distance??
No, no, that's too much.How about this?
Wait, is that a bug over there?!! Can we be done now?
He did good. It's hard to bribe a 10 month old for very long....
I'm going to present you with an award of excellence
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