merry christmas, dad!

well, a little over a year after initially cutting out this fabric... i have finished dad's christmas shirt!  from 2011.  hahaha!  and now for 2012 too.  essentially this shirt covered xmas of 2011, his bday from march of 2012, father's day of 2012, and now christmas of 2012.  valuable shirt, wouldn't you say?

i did a kickass job, if i do say so myself.  (sorry aunt stella and mom... but it's true, it's one of my best yet!)  perfectly aligned button placket on the front (as usual) and on the sleeves (i finally figured out how to cut them so they line up with the sleeves themselves!)

 perfectly aligned front pocket, as usual!

and i added cute little darts in the back for my skinny mini dad.  on dad's last shirt, mom showed me her little trick for evenly spacing the darts... a trick which i successfully employed all by my lonesome this time!

also, since mom and dad keep their house at the toasty temp of 57 degrees (HAHA!), i made dad a pair of fleece pants.

i used the pattern from jimmy's doggy pj pants from last year.  the fleece was from this year's black friday sale at joann fabrics.

i added a little strip of ribbon at the inside back so dad could figure out easily which side was the front and which side was the derriere.

unfortunately, i heard dad complain that he would never wear these around the house, as he claims he likes his pants to be wearable in public (although the man has been known to wear thin yellow sweat pants outside of the house...  as if those are presentable in public????).  he knew i was offended, and as soon as he got home from hanging in the city with me, dad calls me up and says "i'm already wearing your pants, by the way!"

muhaha, tricked ya into wearing warmer pants, dad!  merry christmas!