Thanks to our new son in law and his vowel initial our Christmas Jammy Weasley shirts (my kids names for them) spell the most appropriate word ever: Jammers. Pretend that we have a second M in there ok? I have about five years before we can add another initial in there.
The shirts were super easy. I cut the letters using the Cameo. They are all done in the HP font available at dafont.com. I did have the adjust the settings on the machine to the heavy fabric setting. The flannel did not want to cut nicely. I don't use Silhouette's special fabric medium. I just use standard Heat n' Bond. I left the paper on the back to cut and then "R" did the ironing for me. I did a super close zig zag applique with my sewing machine. The whole project took me two days. One day to cut out and one day to do all the sewing. I did get some help from the kids on the shirts and cutting project. "M" tried to help with the sewing. He did two seams on "A"'s pants before he decided it was too big of a project for him.
The fabric is all JoAnn black Friday flannel. It's not the greatest quality, but it wears well for pjs. I am having a harder and harder time every year finding more grown up prints for my kids. The boys prints are the hardest. There are always a few that work for my girls, but the boys prints all seem to be for boys ages 1-5 or boys into sports. Neither works for me. Some nice neutral plaids, fantasy themes (swords, armor, magic etc.), music, books, etc. would work for all my kids and it would be great to see them.
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