I hope you enjoyed your long Easter weekend! We had a lots of good cousin and family time. Today we are relaxing before heading into another short week.
I started this as a tutorial, but along the way my careful embroidery got derailed by some water, causing fangs and crazy eyelashes… not so good for a white shirt. Of course, a shirt with a mind of it’s own has to be dealt with harshly, so it sat by itself in the corner of my sewing room for the better part of a week! The day before it was needed I gave up and covered the mess with a circle. Thankfully, my youngest still likes it!
The main idea for this shirt was to make a dolman tee with lengthened arms. Similar to the one I made myself, so I could post the sleeve tutorial I’ve promised – or so I thought. I guess I’ll have to make another shirt for myself instead, I’m not complaining about that. *insert cheering here!*
Oh, and did you sort out the arms yet? They’re the bunny ears! It’s a bit of a stretch, but it works in theory – and it’s good enough for my almost-5 year old. Though she did very dramatically proclaim after school that her arms got tired from being held up for “sooooo long”. She’s got a lot of visible personality, this little one!
As far as fabrics, I am happy to have de-stashed my way through this one. Some natural coloured sweatshirt fleece for the body, and cream terry for the sleeves, collar and bunny face. They both have a slight stretch and it fits perfectly! The pattern is the Skipper Top – the kids’ version of the Seafarer dolman tee from Sew Much Ado. I LOVE her patterns. They are so simple to make, and very clear. I’d really recommend them. I’ve reviewed the Skipper top for the pattern tour as well, and wrote up a tutorial on gathered shoulders as well.
I’d better go, we’ve got plans to head over to the grocery store for some sale Easter candy. I’m hoping to throw in a little trip to the fabric store as well – supplies for the many projects I’m working on for Creativ Festival. (Maybe a little bit of bribery for them on their day off!)
Reader Feedback: Did you sew anything for Easter?
Oh my that looks just adorable!
Super cute! And the pictures are awesome!
Thanks Laura! I’m glad she likes it too – that helps! 🙂
So nice, this bunny shirt! She looks cute. How do you come up with al your creative ideas? I’m always a bit amazed by that 😉
I did sew a birthday dress for Easter (http://dekawear.blogspot.com/2015/04/verjaardagsjurk-birthday-dress.html), as my eldest had her 6th birthday on Easter Monday 🙂
Thanks so much Mirjam! The ideas are so random, and my husband comes up with them too! I’m off to check out your dress 🙂
The shirt is almost as cute as she is! I didn’t get around to my Easter sewing plans, maybe next year, lol!
Awwww – thanks Reece! I was going to make each of them a shirt… but that didn’t happen either. Argh!
So cute! “I got tired holding my hands up for so long!!”. Hehehe. 🙂
She’s pretty funny! She sure doesn’t keep her emotions/thoughts inside this one!