So, I’d bought 4m of the skylines fabric from tessuti’s… remember I mentioned my early plans were graaaaand? anyway my dress only took up about half, even with all the fabric-hogging pattern matching, so I had a nice chunk leftover.…
Tag: mens shirt
Christmas pressies; a sewing marathon
Tim and Kelly… As usual, I made Christmas presents for my family… I started late October, so I was giving myself plenty of time, or so you’d think! I’m a fairly efficient seamster, and I still only just finished a…
a shirt for David and a dress for Cassie
hey bro! Woooh! I’m so excited to finally hand this over! My brother has had/is having a big BIG birthday… and my sister-in-law made the brilliant suggestion that he would like a shirt made by me for his birthday. Well,…
some shirts…
… in addition to luggage pressies, I made some shirts for those incredibly difficult to buy/make-for men in my life. Honestly, it would be so much more fun and frivolous if I only had girls to make stuff for, but you…
Japanese Liberty shirt for Craig
Hello! I’ve been sewing a new shirt for Craig… and feel quite bad actually because we bought this fabric for him during our visit to Japan last January… nearly a whole year ago! Yes, I feel terrible. Anyway, now it…
a bevy of beauties
I can now share the fruits of my Christmas shirt-making bendah!! Old news? oh well… I made four shirts recently. Yes, four! *phew* all since I returned home from Melbourne. I know. Sheer insanity. I has it. Actually I did…
Three pin-striped shirts
My Christmas present to my boys this year is a tailored shirt for each one; in pin-striped linen with contrasting white collar, cuffs, and buttonbands, and a double welted breast pocket with looped button closure. Three shirts in addition to…
Grey shirt, with some floral
I have made a shirt for Craig’s birthday 🙂 Burda 7767, again. Looks kinda plain from a distance? well, up close it can be seen the shirt has a secret floral surprise! I’ve seen a few shirts in up-to-the-minute…
