Matching Manatees

This is a very late write-up.  I made a manatee shirt for Malcolm a couple of months ago, but didn't blog about it because I planned to also make him a second, different, shirt and thought I'd put them both in one post.  Well, the second shirt never happened, so I might as well just show off his cute manatee shirt.  Sorry, kid.  Better luck next year!

 We were out on a hike, and I told him to hold still for a second so I could get a picture of his shirt, and he struck this pose.

He wore these shorts last year, and they still fit, but the shirt that went with them was too small.  It took a while, but I finally found a red shirt that was a pretty close match, and I used a deep navy thread for the shadowing details on the manatee.  I really like how it came out.

 I'm a dork, and purposely had both kids wear their manatee shirts on the same day (only once though).  I had forgotten that I had flipped Dorothy's manatee because of the little loop on her shirt.  I didn't notice until they were side by side, and they had been wearing their shirts all day.  It is a little hard to tell, but Malcolm's manatee is larger than Dorothy's.  Because of the size of the shirts, I was able to turn the hoop sideways for his so that I could orient the manatee lengthwise and keep it as large as possible, which looks better on the larger shirt.  I'm not sure how many more shirts I'll be able to do for Malcolm since the largest hoop my machine takes is a 5x7, he is starting to need larger designs to look good.

Also, why is it so hard to have two kids stand still, look at the camera, and smile? 

The height of seven year old humor; bunny ears.  I remember doing it as a kid too, but I don't remember why we found it funny.  I guess it's timeless to them though.

I'm glad that he wanted me to make this for him.  I tend to make more for Dorothy, and he gets so excited when I make him something.  I have some plans for some flannel pajamas that he should love.  I already have the fabric (space themed that glows in the dark) and I'm waiting on the pattern to get here.  I had to order it because it had been discontinued.