Pictures - M4399

Let's start at the beginning - except for a couple pairs of sleep pants, I started sewing again in January 2008.

I wanted to make DH a shirt...M4399, View C.

The darn thing took 8 weekends ! I'm slow, picky, anal, pick a word...anyway, I don't think there's a seam on this shirt that wasn't picked out and resewn at least once. But, it fits and he likes it. I will make him some more. Here are the pics (I hope).

Ta da - the whole shirt

The collar - On the neck, it's matched up at CB, not so much at the front edges, but I did manage to cut & sew it so the stripes on the collar itself are the same on both front edges.

The cuff - not as hard as I thought it would be, but the continuous lap placket was another story. I sewed and undid one 5 times til I gave up - any more attempts and the material would've fallen apart. So both sleeve plackets are wonky, but they're almost exactly the same, I didn't lose any sleep over it - much - but will practice more.

The pocket - stripes nicely lined up with the shirt front, it was the first thing a friend (male) noticed - the pocket disappears into the shirt - Yaayy !

I will say, I'm very happy overall with this first attempt.