Here it is: my first shirt of the summer! I cut this shirt from the pattern I made over Christmas break, so it’s virtually the same as the ones I made at that time, with the notable exception of dropping the neckline by about 1” in the front.
The fabric is Spechler Vogel Textiles Orange Chambray (60-in.) from Sew to Speak (purchased for $8/yd). I’m not sure quite how much I ended up using since I used some scraps of the same fabric for another project last year. The buttons are expensive genuine-pearl buttons from Banasch’s Fabrics in Cincinnati. They are all a little differently-shaped and differently-colored and are completely worth the price.
So, this is definitely my best shirt to date. I’m becoming very comfortable sewing . The fabric is lovely, but the finished product. I used the fusible, woven, 100% cotton lightweight interfacing from Banasch’s (the same kind I’ve been using in bow ties). In hindsight the interfacing is heavier than I would have liked. I’m not sure how to handle this going forward.
I need to shore up my pattern in a few places (specifically the breast and yoke), and the sleeves could stand to be a quarter-inch longer. But overall I’m very proud of the product.