SewRuthieSew's Entry #1 Sewing For Little Ones Contest: Shirt and Shorts for mascotRefashion of an old adult Rugby shirt into a pint sized version for the mascot, with bonus shorts.
Here's the mascot in his new shirt and shorts.
For the shirt I kept the collar and logo of the original shirt but cut the sides and bottom away. I used the bottom section of the sleeves to make new smaller sleeves, and coverhemmed the hem of the shorter shirt.
The shorts were made from a the lower edge of the shirt.
With a stitched opening for the tail.
As this is a sitting bear I lengthened the back crotch and shortened the front crotch.
I didn't use a pattern for the shirt, just made it to fit the bear.
For the shorts I used New Look 6961 as a starting point then shortened the legs to shorts, angled the waist to give a longer back crotch/shorter front crotch and stitched round a hole I had left for the tail.
Here's the XL shirt I started with.