I had promised for a while that I would share the sewing love and make my man something, he really wanted a shirt made. It has been hanging up half finished for the last couple of weeks..due to the Billie Jean pattern circus,but i managed to finish it this weekend for him.
I didn't use a commercial pattern. i decided to take the opportunity to test my drafting skills as well, see if I could draft for someone else, so i drafted it from scratch.
I was being ambitious but I was determined to push myself to a new limit. And it worked! thank f**k, but truly it wasn't as hard as i thought it would be drafting the pattern, only a couple of changes to the initial pattern with the fit - but i am glad that part was over, trying to find time while the footy was on to test the fit on him, was a pain in the butt!
Brett chose a soft flannel fabric which was really easy to work with and already has that nice fav piece of clothing feel to it..The Bernina made the bestest button holes EVER!
I didn't use a commercial pattern. i decided to take the opportunity to test my drafting skills as well, see if I could draft for someone else, so i drafted it from scratch.
I was being ambitious but I was determined to push myself to a new limit. And it worked! thank f**k, but truly it wasn't as hard as i thought it would be drafting the pattern, only a couple of changes to the initial pattern with the fit - but i am glad that part was over, trying to find time while the footy was on to test the fit on him, was a pain in the butt!
Brett chose a soft flannel fabric which was really easy to work with and already has that nice fav piece of clothing feel to it..The Bernina made the bestest button holes EVER!
I did have to consult a few sewing books throughout the sewing process, seeing as i didn't have any instructions to go by, but i now have a set of scribbled instructions to the shirt that only i can understand, but probably wont be able tomorrow....
Special Winnie cuddles, still such a baby dog
Watching and waiting for the storm to roll in...10 secs later torrential rain
Overall Brett was really happy with shirt, the next shirt order request rolled in about 5 mins into putting on the shirt, so ill be adding that to the project list!
I thought i would throw in a photo of my baby as well - he had a busy Sunday.
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