Kangaroo shirt with pocket

Finished the kangaroo shirt this morning and it fits well. It is a size 3 to 4, which is leaving a little room to grow. I made it as short as possible in the skirt area, so it is more a smock shirt than a dress. It is also very cool for her, with room to let air up underneath it and as thin of fabrics as possible. The whole thing cost less than 5 dollars for materials - but took probably about four hours to make over the course of a few days. And there is enough of the two white fabrics to make something else with another fabric in place of the yellow gingham :)

The kangaroo embroidery was just for fun - and it will probably tear up some over the washings the shirt will endure. But the idea was too good to pass up :)



Here is the pattern used - it is Simplicity 8170 from 1977. It's something I got from a lot of patterns off of Ebay back when she was too small for this size. It is really for a nightgown or pajama set - but I was more interested in the shape of the top part of the shirt (bodice) and the size.


Drawing with Grandma


Investigating the hydrangeas
didn't let her pull any off - but she said they were pretty


Trying to ride our tolerant and very gentle white dog 'Bunny'

Esme's proud of her doggy, the dog just wants to be rescued : "Please? Hey, you're posting this on the Internet, aren't you?"

After lunch she asked Daddy 'Daddy, go fishing?' hehe but he had already been fishing so she didn't understand that. When Mom is at work she always goes fishing with Daddy after lunch! Then she was sitting on her floor pillow in her room watching SpongeBob.

Later we went to the lake with the truck and Daddy fished for a while. He tried to talk Mama into fishing too, but I wasn't in the mood. So, we all went for a swim. Esme wasn't too happy about that - she got out as soon as we let her and grabbed everyone's shoes saying 'on shoes NOW all done go truck - you Daddy on shoes NOW' etc etc... so we drug her back in the water for another short time - then we all went home. I'm happy to say the kangaroo shirt survived all of that (and chicken and crackers I found in the pocket after lunch, too!!) It is now freshly washed and folded on her clothes table, looking in good condition and ready for another day of hard use in the future...