Saturday, April 1, 2017

Stripe Mania

 I purchased a striped sheet at Walmart for $5 to make a shirt.  I used the Islander 228  pattern in small with short sleeves.  I had used this pattern for my last shirt using a medium pattern, but the shoulders were too wide.   I recut the pattern in small just in case I did something wrong assembling it.

It is slim fitting!  The shoulders are correct, but the body is small.  I even restitched the 5/8" side seams to 1/4" for a little more room.  I serged the side seams, since there wasn't enough fabric to flat-fell.

I actually like this shirt, so I made another shirt from a different sheet using the same pattern and 1/4" seam allowance.  The only difference is I cut the hem even, so it is not a tuck-in shirt.




Joe wanted a pinstriped shirt, so I bought another sheet and made one with my "go to" shirt pattern, Simplicity 7330 in large.


I think it is odd when people ask if we are brothers.  Even in the same shirts, we don't look anything alike.

I am making a "shacket" now with a gray herringbone cotton.

Thanks for stopping.


6 comments:

  1. "Are you brothers?"
    "Are you blind?"

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  2. They came out great! You can really pull off the whole slim shirt look.

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  3. Great job on the shirts, especially the pattern-matching with the plaid. And I think the slim profile looks perfect on you.

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  4. Love those shirts, especially the plaid one

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  5. Brothers by different mothers. Great fitting shirt, cool and comfortable. Great shirt!

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