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These eye-catching waistcoat and tie T-shirts are semi-formal with a sense of fun and little ones will enjoy wearing them long after the party has finished! Use coordinating fabrics for the tie and waistcoat motifs or raid the sewing box for contrasting remnants.
Stitch a waistcoat t-shirt
Download the relevant templates. Trace the waistcoat section and bow tie onto paper and cut them out. Trim the bow tie from navy polka dot fabric and cover the back with fusible webbing. Cut out two 20cm x 40cm rectangles of red fabric, pin and machine stitch the pieces together. Press the seam open. Fold the fabric in half down the centre seam, pin the waistcoat template to the fabric, aligning up to the centre seam, and cut out the shape. Fold a piece of fusible webbing in half. Pin the waistcoat template to the webbing and cut the shape out, then iron to the back of the polka dot fabric.
To make the handkerchief, cut out a triangle of navy polka dot fabric and cover the back with fusible webbing. Fold over and press down a 1cm hem on the two longest sides of the triangle. Cut out a 6.6cm x 8.5cm rectangle of red polka dot fabric and iron onto the back of a rectangle of fusible webbing. Fold over and press down a 1cm hem on two short sides and one long side. On the remaining long side, stitch on a length of coordinating ribbon and fold the ends to the back of the fabric.
Peel off the backing paper from the waistcoat and position on the front of the T-shirt. Place a handkerchief over the fabric and iron to fix. Po
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