The first version I made is chambray, and those of you who followed me during MMMay know I wear the shit out of this one. The fabric is so comfortable, and I love the little feminine yoke details.
Those double buttons are super great too, I get tons of compliments on them! I'm really really happy with the fit of this shirt. I think the pattern has a little shaping at the waist, but if I remember correctly I made it more dramatic. My waist tends to drown in almost everything unless I add some curves. While I do love the loose, bohemian style, dressing in a flat sack is not my cup of tea.
The fun yokes gave my edgestitch foot its first real run, just look at that sparkling topstitching! I believe this was the first or second shirt I made after I purchased (and got over my fear of using) my Bernina. The Peter Pan collar is really nice as well, but I can say with 100% confidence that I will never wear the shirt buttoned all the way up like the pattern model.
I made my second version out of a quilting cotton... and while I don't hate it, I don't reach for it like my chambray version. I did make the cuffs longer and make a vertical placket, but I didn't widen the sleeve so it's still pretty tight. I can almost get the cuffs pushed up to my elbows, but not quite!
I wish I would have cut the yokes on the bias or cross grain or something, but I was just barely able to squeak this out of the 2 yards I ordered. The inner cuffs are cut on the selvedge, and you can totally see the part that says "Blah blah blah made for Art Gallery Fabrics" when I turn the cuffs out! Whoops. I had a ton of the chambray left after making the shirt, but 45" < 58" and I should have known better.
I'm trying to make up my mind if a popover version of this would be cute. I can't decide if it would be too much with the front yokes and the peter pan collar. What do you guys think? I have some really nice purple chambray that is just screaming at me to become a button down!
Love them, I've never seen this pattern before. I'll have to look for it :-) The double buttons are great!
ReplyDeleteCute! I think they both look really nice on you :)
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you!!
ReplyDeleteThese look great! I especially love the look of the chambray one - it will go with everything! It's too bad about the sleeves being so tight, but I assume that would be easy to fix if you decided to make another one. I'm not sure what a horizontal placket is though... I've always made vertical ones. So much to learn!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I sometimes feel self conscious when I wear the chambray one with blue jeans, I feel a little Canadian tuxedo-y!
ReplyDeleteI ended up making a purple popover version last weekend, and just said screw it and didn't even both with full-length sleeves or cuffs. The sleeves come about to my elbow and are just folded over twice and topstitched. Much easier, and I always wear my sleeves above my elbows anyways. Win win!
These look so good! Might have to get a bit more adventurous and try to make a shirt!
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Thanks! Shirts are really not so bad once you get into it!
ReplyDeleteI really like the yoke on this. You are like my shirting guru/inspiration! I am still in awe of the Kaufman chambray shirt you wore yesterday.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I make a lot of shirts, but I wear mostly shirts so it works out well!
ReplyDeleteP.S. fabric.com totally has the dot chambray in stock! https://www.fabric.com/buy/0364105/kaufman-chambray-union-dots-indigo
Oh you evil temptress!
ReplyDeleteLovely! I love the color of chambray you used! Do you remember the name/brand? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI actually believe it was just some chambray I picked up at Joann a year or so ago!
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