Plane blueprint shirts 2017

So we were on a long weekend in Margate and stopped in Canterbury on the way home. And I happen to spot a fabric shop – this happens a lot funnily enough! As usual the family traipse in after me, but then youngest spots this fantastic fabric – he is planes mad! His Dad approves and decides they will have matching shirts out of it!! I guess how much fabric I will need for contrasting shirts, having never made a ‘man’ size shirt before!! It took me quite some time to get round to making them, but worth the wait I think!

There was definitely an element of how much the fabric cost, and not wanting to mess it up.

Sleeve plackets are the hardest part of making shirts I think. And I am not particularly keen on sewing pockets on either as they really need to be straight! As with my previous shirts, these all have fully enclosed french seams and lots of top-stitching.