Tag overshirt
Another overshirt, from heavy 100%-cotton flannel from Jo-Ann’s! I cut this along the same lines as my corduroy one, only a little longer and with less-extreme collar points.
Not a lot to say here: simple, continuous sleeve plackets made with selvage-cut pieces of fabric; just one breast pocket, because pattern matching is a huge pain in the butt with this stuff. Speaking of pattern matching, though: you can’t see it from this photo, but the plaid of the yoke, collar stand, and collar all match almost exactly. I’m proud of that. And I love the way the plaid sits on the collar points. This is a really fun shirt.
This week I made a shirt from heavy, wide-wale cotton corduroy from Jo-Ann Fabrics. It was a wildly different project from my previous stuff, since the fabric is very thick.
Except for the addition more fulness to the lower sleeve and cuff area, I didn’t modify my usual pattern at all to cut this shirt. I used an odd piece of printed cotton for the inner yoke, since I wasn’t sure about doing two layers of the heavy cord. Instead of flat-felling the scye and side seams, I just serged them. This was, as you can imagine, an extremely enjoyable change of pace. Oh, and as you can see, the bottom of the shirt is cut straight across, with a sturdy ½” hem.
Finished, with buttons! Can’t wait until it’s cold enough to wear this!