{ i spy a diy - the B tee! }

  You may know that I'm kinda head over heels in love with Boston Terriers (or BTs, as they're called around here).  The whole rest of my family is just as smitten as me with this lovable breed.  Georgia, the spunky, pint-sized BT, lives at our house, my sis has two Bostons, my cousin has two, her mama has one, my parents have two.  Yep, that's a lot of black and white fur! You're kinda not allowed to have any other kind of dog in our family ;) Anyway, I wanted to show our love for our dog by whipping up some Boston sweetness for my boys. My inspiration was this cute tee from the Poppy Collection (ha, clever!) from Gymboree.  So adorable, but pretty darn girly. I figured I could fix that by omitting the red flower and those fancy eyelashes ;)

 I cropped in on the face, blew it up, and printed it to get my pattern.
I used the same size (about a 7x7 image) for both the 12-18 months tee as well as the 3T size.

I chose to use buttons for the nose and eyes to add a little interest.

These guys seem to dig them ;)

And, just because Jack asked very politely for me to "put a picture of me jumping on the computer. PLEASE!" .....


Wacky, silly kid!
By the way, the adorable, Rae, over ar Armommy, has a pretty great video tutorial about appliqueing, if you'd like to give applique a go. It's quick and easy, and the possibilities of fun designs are endless!