Shirts

I used Butterick 5244 (which has gotten loads of use from me) and thrift store vintage fabric. I omitted the collar. I LOVE this fabric. I used McCall’s 5621, thrift shop vintage linen as the main fabric, and stash fabric for the accent. I altered the pattern by making it shorter, adding a band at [...]

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I’ve been making my way through my to do list & have almost finished 2 shirts. First up is Simplicity 4255;A great pattern that I will definately be making again many times I think. With modifications, however… I’ve also (almost) finished Simplicity 1554. Just needing buttons now. So I’m getting there. Hopefully I’ll be back [...]

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The nice thing about a lot of men’s styles is that they don’t change much. So although this button-down shirt pattern is copyright 1949 (but someone wrote on it “Boutght April 21, 1956″, I don’t know what that story is) my brother-in-law will still be willing to wear it. Especially since I made one for [...]

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