Bright Shirts

August & September 2020

We visited Lady Heyes Antique & Craft Centre in Frodsham just before our wedding anniversary (18 years). The deal was Paul buys me fabric…. and I make him a shirt. Win win in present buying in my view!

He picked three of the brightest fabrics available, but unfortunately there wasn’t 3m left of one of them, but we got two.

When I got round to cutting out, I spotted there was only 2.5m of one of them, which meant I didn’t quite have enough to make the shirt. This resulted in a trip back.. as there wasn’t any of that fabric left, I ended up getting a contrast, which turned out a really good effect.

My go to pattern for his shirts is Burda 6874. I like this pattern. After some problems the first time with the collar and collar stand lining up correctly, I am now very careful cutting, and with seam allowances, so it works out fine now. The other thing I dread, but am much better at now, is the sleeve placket! I always seem to do view C.

The finished products, along with matching mask: