I have been on a streak of sewing for others in my family lately and want to show you the projects I made for my husband and youngest daughter! For my husband, I made the newest release from Greenstyle – a FREE sewing pattern for a unisex tee. For my youngest, I made several pairs of joggers* that she adores because hello POCKETS!
The Evergreen Tee
The Greenstyle Evergreen tee is a standard tee shirt without feminine shaping. It is a straight cut like a standard t shirt. If you are looking for a feminine and shapely tee, check out the Greenstyle Green tee (which is also free)
The Evergreen is a great canvas to put all the HTV. My friend Aimee applied this one the last time we had a crafting day together. You can find the cut file for free HERE.
The pattern includes short and long sleeves as well as crew and v neck.
The pattern is drafted for 5’10” and is very easy to add length to since the side seams are straight. I added 1.5 inches at the bottom. My husband is 5’11” and every shirt that fits his shoulders and chest correctly is just too short. He is always frustrated when he finds the “perfect” shirt, and then sees how short it fits him. He is incredibly happy to have shirts that he can lift his arms in without showing off his stomach!!
I like the sleeve fit of the long sleeve. It is just fitted enough that he can push his sleeves up and they “stick to” his forearm.
I made him a size large based on his measurement. That is the same size he also fits in the Men’s Hudson Raglan and Muscle Up tank I have made him from Greenstyle, and it is also the size he wears in store bought shirts.
For fabric, I used cotton lycra from Made Whimsy for the white t shirt. I used the white from her dream solid collection, which is super soft. It reminds me of the higher quality t shirt fabrics that I love from Abercrombie and a few other stores, except this one has stretch.
For his blue shirt, I used a fabric that I found in my stash that is 100% cotton and has only two way 50% horizontal stretch.
You can see that even though I used the same pattern, the blue one isn’t as long because the fabric does not have vertical stretch.
My husband is wearing some of his favorite Iron Joggers* that I made him in these photos! It makes my heart so happy to see how much he wears them!
Ellie and Mac Kids Joggers
I also recently did a pattern test for the Ellie and Mac kids joggers* for my youngest daughter. I ended up making three pairs of joggers! I think if I had more time on my hands I would have made her a dozen! I took photos of two of the pairs, and love the fit on these!
She has discovered that she loves clothing with pockets, or as she says it “poppets.”
She is also learning all the poses required for testing to show the full garment – front, side, and back!
I used all cotton lycra on her pants, but they could also have been made in a french terry or any fabric with at least 50% stretch.
I made the relaxed version in the pattern. A slimmer version is also included as well as color blocking options.
She is not as chunky as other 2 year olds but just as tall so I made the 12-18 month width and the 18-24 month height for her.
Resources
You can find the kids joggers pattern here. In order to get the men’s tee for free, you need to join the Greenstyle Facebook group or follow on Instagram. On Facebook, the Free code is in the announcement section. On Instagram, it is in the bio.
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*Disclosures
I received both patterns for free as part of the testing process so that I could give the designer feedback about the pattern. Also, this post may contain affiliate links, which means I receive a small compensation when you purchase via my link. This does not cost you anything, and I genuinely appreciate the support. Any and all opinions expressed are still my own.
XO
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