Shirt number 2 for son number 2 is completed. As this was a rush job to give to him when he was home for a weekend, there are no more photos of construction, only the final item.
There are still some fitting issues in the armpit, although this yoke fits him much better. The sleeves look oddly full in this photo, but they really are not.
The kilt was for our annual Burns Supper, so much fun.
A quilt to finish the year with. “ Proper” patchwork made from two worn out shirts, a discarded calico curtain from a charity shop and backed with a fabric picked up at the bric a brac stall at a quilt show.
No photos of the full quilt as the light is too low today.
I have not made many quilts this year as I have been diverted back to clothes making. My younger son has difficulty finding shirts to fit his narrow shoulders and long, slender frame so I volunteered to make him some. Unlike women’s clothing, there is a little choice in patterns for men’s shirts, but several bloggers use Burda 7045, however I anticipated having to make many pattern adjustments, after reading an account of making it here.
Commercial patterns are not like quilt patterns. They are never perfect and always have to be adapted to an individual because human bodies are too variable. The instruction sheets frequently do not take account of modern sewing methods and advise cumbersome techniques and outdated interfacings. There is so much help on the internet to address these commissions and I followed tutorials about shirts from here and here.
The test shirt, with cotton lawn, digitally printed, bought several years ago from M Rosenberg and Son, went down well.
Version 2 is now cut out, with a longer armhole, removal of the darts on the front and a collar that extends further in to the open neck of the collar band. 2017 could be the year of the shirt.
Happy stitching everyone.
Today, my elder son is 18, on the day of the 50th anniversary edition of Dr Who. For a dedicated fan, there was only one birthday present possible from a quilting mother.
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Thanks to every designer n the Dr Who stitchalong who contributed their designs so generously. Keeping this secret from April until now , in a small house, has been a challenge.
It is truly becoming an obsession. This one is for my younger son, with his favourite thoughts in his head.
