I love a quick t-shirt pattern. This toddler shirt pattern has never failed me. I cut a bunch of these out and have been putting them together in bits. This one is size 4T. It’s a bit big on Jack right now, but the kid is growing like a weed and I’d like it to still cover his belly by the end of the summer.

The pants are from the same pattern, also in a 4T; this is a no frills elastic waist pant without pockets this time. I used a lightweight dark brown corduroy, durable and not too warm for spring. The shirt is a nice cotton baby rib knit with a nice weight to it. The white background is a somewhat dangerous choice, but we’re living on the edge over here.

This one has been sitting in my UFO pile since the embroidery on the front piece was done. I’m still learning how to play nice with my embroidery machine, and when I finally got this done, I didn’t have time to put together the rest of the pieces.

It took quite a few tries to get the Snoopy embroidery on there right. It was bunching the fabric and just generally making quite a mess. I ended up getting some Super Solvy heavy water soluble stabilizer (wss) for the top and put two layers of tearaway on the bottom. I’m not terribly excited about using the wss again; washing it off was a rather gooey ordeal.

This morning I cut the rest of the pieces for the shirt and threw it together. I also put some fusi-knit on the back of the embroidery. In case anyone was wondering, if the fusi-knit is wrong side up, it does fuse very nicely to your pressing cloth. This shirt is a size 6. The fabric is a purple cotton fine baby rib knit. The lettuce edging will tighten up when it goes through the wash, making smaller curls. Zoe would have lettuce edging on all her tops and dresses if she could. I love it because it’s a super fast finish and very girly.

And here it is on Zoe –

I made this out of some c/l jersey I got from Chez Ami. It has a nice hand to it, very soft with good stretch and excellent recovery. The only downside to it, and jersey in general, is that it loves to curl up once it’s cut. Lots of pinning keeps things flat and properly aligned.

Zoe’s usually a size 116/120 in the Euro sizing. I chose size 119, or J, on this Jalie pattern for her. It fits well through the shoulders, but could have had about a half inch or even a little bit more through the belly. I made it without the ruching on the bottom of the bodice and put in the modesty panel on the top. The modesty panel calls for 3/8″ elastic to keep it stable, but I used 1/4″ instead because the 3/8″ looked too wide. Overall, I’m pretty happy with it. Zoe likes it, her only complaint is that it doesn’t have “curly sleeves.” She’s a big fan of lettuce edging, but I didn’t think that would look right on this top.