I finally found some downtime this weekend to work on a sewing project I’ve been thinking about for weeks. I knew it wouldn’t take long – I just had to sit down and devote time to it.
I bought this gray shirt a while ago, possibly in New York/possibly in Portland. Don’t recall where, but it was thrifted, and gray, and I needed some neutral/gray shirts to add to my winter wardrobe. I wore the original size quite a number of times but I concluded it was just too big and made me feel like David Byrne in his big suit.
I had an idea to take it in, leave the solid grey body as is, and just play with sleeves. Keep it simple but still add a pop of something. Remember this shirt? I think I’ve stated before that I’m always reworking clothes constantly. I’ll finish up a project, and then take it apart a few months later.
So using that resizing method from that post, I found a shirt which I liked the fit to trace and take in the large shirt. Sewed the body, took off the sleeves, cut and sewed the sleeves, and then took care of the bottom hemming. The sleeves had some tricky moments. I actually had to go back and resew a section because I made the top of the pink too tight around my arm. To be honest, it’s still a little tight, but it’s just snug and not unbearably tight anymore. Even after years of sewing, it’s still easy to make mistakes.
I really liked the idea of the sleeves, I did this for another shirt that was a large men’s with short sleeves. I loved the pattern, and I thought adding simple black to extend the sleeves would work well.
My wardrobe is now looking a little cooler after the addition of these two shirts.
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