Wow I Made a Shirt!

I bought a shirt at Old Navy last year that I’ve just loved. It fits well, it’s stylish and it’s comfortable, and I find myself looking for shirts like it whenever I go shopping. It dawned on me that instead of wearing the same shirt every day 😉 I might just be able to copy it, since it’s a fairly simple design. This was my first time trying to make my own pattern from a piece of clothing so I wasn’t sure how it’d go. The construction isn’t the greatest and I’d make some changes if I make it again, but overall I am pretty pleased with how it turned out!

The finished shirt! Cost me $7 for the clearance fabric and the thread from Jo-Ann’s.-

The shirt from Old Navy that I copied.

1. First I made a pattern for the shirt. I laid some Ikea kid’s craft paper out on a flat surface and laid the shirt on top and smoothed out the wrinkles. I traced the shirt, noting the seam allowances.

Shirt pattern front.

Back pattern piece pinned to the fabric.

2. I cut out the pattern and pinned it to the fabric. The front had one piece and the back had two pieces. Seriously this is the simplest shirt design! Then I cut out the pattern pieces. I also cut out a strip of the non-ruffled part of the fabric to use as ribbing around the neck.

3. First I sewed the back pieces together. Then I sewed the back of the shirt to the front (right sides together).

4. Then I sewed the arm holes. I turned the edges over and sewed them about 5/8 of an inch in and then went around again about 1/8 inch away from that stitch.

5. Then I sewed the bottom the same way I sewed the sleeves. I did a less of a seam allowance because I wanted it a little longer. I will adjust the pattern if I make this again.

6. Then I folded the ribbing piece of fabric (about an inch thick) in half and sewed it together at the ends, right sides together to make a circle. I then pinned that into the neck hole, right sides together, and stitched it together. And voila! I made a shirt!

Felt Treasure Box

Treasure Box Template, the size of the box is 2in x 2in x 4in, with the top 3in long.

Cut the felt following the template then hot glue the edges together.

Cut ribbon to go on the outside.

Stitch along the outside of the buckle strap using Mouline thread (while stitching straight onto the treasure box on the top) and hot glue the strap along the front for the buckle to slide into.

Fill your felt treasure box with some goodies!

Perfect little gift for Valentine’s Day!

I wanted to make some treasure boxes for my boys for Valentine’s Day and decided to make some using felt. I found some stiff dark brown felt at Joann’s (just polyester felt) that would work perfectly to hold the shape of the treasure box. I think what I’ll do is hide them and make my boys go on a treasure hunt to find them!