Good morning, sunshine!

I finished my assignment for Shirt Neckline Plackets last night.  Just in time for this guy to wear to bed.

I used two patterns to build off for my design of what I wanted.  The Simplicity 5874 gave me the bottoms.  I added cuffs with piping and a drawstring waistband rather than the elastic.  The vintage Simplicity 7319 is one of my favorite thrift store finds.  One day I will make the actual shirt, on pattern, but yesterday it helped me get the curved hem that I wanted.  I cut the front as one piece, ditched the collar, used a bias binding rather than hemming, and…added a neckline placket.  And seriously folks, I feel very much redeemed with this execution of the placket.  MUCH better than my first attempt.  I think the trick is to not actually cut out the placket area from the shirt front, rather just cut a slit down the length of the finished opening. 

My son said they were “awesome comfortable” to wear last night.  Here is a fun reenactment we did this morning of how this kid sleeps…

He’s much easier to cuddle awake than when he’s sleeping.  Well, sometimes…