My husband and our oldest son spend a lot of time together playing baseball. As soon as my husband gets in from work, he quickly changes into something more comfortable (than his button up shirt and slacks regular work attire) and races outside to beat the sun setting so that they can throw or hit the ball together. When my son began in little league a year ago, I had no idea just how much they both would enjoy it!
The spring season will be starting in a little over a month so I thought I would sew each of them a shirt to wear when they are out practicing together. I also made my husband another pair of joggers because he is absolutely obsessed with the Greenstyle Iron joggers. He has at least 6 pairs now, and I am finding that it is all he wants to wear when he doesn’t have to be dressed up! It is the biggest compliment EVER to me as a seamstress. I am so happy to be able to make something that he loves to wear!
The Hudson Raglan
For my husband’s top, I used the Greenstyle Hudson Pullover*. I made his measured size (Large). The pattern is drafted to only have long sleeves so to make them short sleeves, I cut the sleeves at 6 inches below the armscye and hemmed them 1 inch. He wears a Large in store bought clothes so I would say this pattern sizing runs true to RTW sizing if you need to make one for someone that you can’t measure.
Adjustments
A good deal of the shirts my husband buys in stores are too short on him. If he goes up to an XL, the shirt is long enough but way too wide. He is 5’11” and has a long torso so the best part of sewing for him is the ability to just add the length he needs. I added 1.5 inches of length to the bottom of this top.
The Iron Joggers
On this pair of Iron joggers*, I did the slant pockets in the front with one zipper pocket in the back. For sizing, I use his hip size for the legs (XL) and use his low waist for the waistband (3XL). I calculate the waist elastic based on where he wants to wear his pants. I have a full sew along for them here if you want to make a pair too and want to see any of the steps on video!
The Regem
For my son’s top, I made the Regem* from Sofilantjes. I love this unisex t shirt and have made him several of them. It has colorblocking options and a great basic t option.
The neckband on the pattern is calculated for ribbing, so for this particular fabric I recalculated it for 90% so I could use the same fabric. I think it lays really nice now! I like to use 90% for fabrics that have really nice recovery or are not very stretchy to begin with (like t shirt fabrics)
The Vinyl
The hardest part of sewing for my husband is that he wants all of his t shirts to have some crazy saying on them, and I have yet to get a machine that cuts HTV or a heat press. A few weeks ago I spent some time with one of my favorite humans – Aimee Wilson. She is just the sweetest friend, and I haven’t gotten to see her in quite some time! When we get together, we take photos (She is a great photographer!), go fabric shopping, and sometimes we sew (I have learned so much from her! She has sewn most of her life!).
This time, we changed things up a little and worked on adding some heat transfer vinyl (HTV) to a few plain shirts that I had made. I made 2 for my husband, one for my son, 1 for my oldest daughter, and 2 for myself. I was so excited that we got so much done (and still stopped for some yummy Mexican food). I can’t wait to share the other shirts I made with you!
After our fun session of crafting together, I immediately wanted to buy a cricut or brother cutting machine and a heat press! When I mentioned this to her, she said that it is more fun to craft together and she never uses hers nearly as much, so to just come to her house when I want to make a t shirt with vinyl again! I may just take her up on this because I adore how the shirts turned out.
The cut file that I used for my husband’s shirt can be found here. Aimee was able to make the cut file for my son’s shirt! My son’s shirt is a Babe Ruth quote: “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
Resources
- The fabric for the tops is all cotton lycra from Made Whimsy: navy, light heather grey, and heathered blue.
- The fabric for the joggers is heavy brushed athletic performance. This fabric is so nice and incredibly soft! I bought some during the Black Friday sale just for joggers, and now I am wishing I had grabbed the wine colorway for myself!
- Baseball cut file can be found here.
- Patterns used are the Greenstyle Hudson and Iron Joggers and the Sofilantjes Regem.
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XO
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