Prepaid Project #4 ~ Bat Shirt

Does it look like that bat is flying??? Yes? Yes. That's because our little guy rarely stands still!!

He wants to be a bat for Halloween again. (Yeeeessss!!!) Last year I sewed some wings and some ears on to a black hoodie (he doesn't really like costumes so I figured I'd go for a clothes-like costume and he loved it). This year he can still wear the same hoodie but I wanted to make him a shirt to wear under it because he's a little heater-box boy and doesn't leave jackets on for very long.

A few weeks ago (before I started my prepaid project plan) I found some plain 5T shirts at Dollar Tree so I grabbed them. (Disney and Hanes brand...so they are made out of good fabric.) I already had some black knit. So I drew out half of a bat on some paper and measured it on the shirt to make sure it would fit and then I cut it out. Then I folded the knit and laid the pattern on the fold and cut out the bat. Then I traced the bat on to Wonder Under (fusible web) and I ironed the web on to the bat cutout. Next I folded the shirt in half down the middle of the front and marked it with a pin. I lined the bat up with the center and ironed the bat on to the shirt. Next I sewed all the way around the bat with black thread using a regular straight stitch. I asked him if he wanted his bat to have eyes and he said yes so he picked some buttons for the eyes and I sewed those on. I think I might add a silly smile to the bat's face with some embroidery floss before he wears the shirt for Halloween. He's pretty "batty" about bats (haha) so this shirt will get worn a lot. And I'm pretty sure he won't wait for Halloween to wear it...hopefully we can keep it stain-free until then.