The Halloween shirt (seen on Instagram) was the first of the 10 bowling style shirts that I made JB. Since I haven't been sewing a bunch for myself lately - I cannot promise you that I won't drag all 10 shirts out into posts of their own.
Along the lines of "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It" I'm still using McCalls 4399 - it is long since out of print, but M6972 would work or M7206 if you wanted to do some print mixing - in fact, I might need to add this pattern to my stash during the next sale.
We had friends vising from Seattle and I asked them to take his shirt photos. There were 2 reasons behind this - 1. JB thinks one photo from each angle is enough - figure out how to make it work and 2 - he always changes into his outside working clothes while I'm still working.
Back view - you can see there is plenty of room here to go around his slim hips. I feel like the sleeves are a wee bit too long - but he says their fine. I might put a deeper hem in the next batch I sew up.
Apparently - Anna was making him laugh. While JB's first comment when he saw this shirt was - it's bright, it's got quite a bit of kitchen time this Fall. Guests always comment on how seasonally appropriate his shirt is and then there's Snoopy. I mean, who doesn't love Snoopy?
Just look at that pattern matching - across the pocket and the button placket - WIN!!
I've always enjoyed making men's clothes. They're simpler than women's. Big pieces and less fussiness. The Snoopy shirt is cute.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics! Love the shirt....yep, it's a WIN,
ReplyDeleteYou are a genius pattern matcher! Good work, making all of those shirts for JB! A post for each is a fine idea.
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