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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Nathanael's Vehicle Shirt



Nathanael will match Levi Thursday at our Fourth-of-July church picnic, though Nathanael's yokes and collar are red, while Levi's are blue.  Nathanael is 7.


I do not like this style of a shirt pattern, with no collar band, and only a facing in front, as opposed to a separate placket.  It is so much better tailored -- to say nothing of easier to sew -- with a band and plackets, as Levi's shirt has.  Why do pattern designers think we like facings that turn wrong side out when we wash our clothes -- or stick out whilst we're a-wearing them??  Well, we don't.  So I topstitched the facings down.  Perhaps you can spot the stitching line in the third photo below.