First I had to measure my husband's chest. Not a problem. But the waist!...oh, what a surprise for him! I had to explain vanity sizing to him through my laughter. He says he likes vanity sizing. After that I showed him the shirt pattern Peter picked out. He said the pattern was nice but wasn't sure. I'm not spending much on "not sure". So we went to the Big 4 sites. He chose Simplicity 4760 (which is very much like the chosen pattern.)
Since Hobby Lobby was running Simplicity patterns for 99 cents I ran in and bought the pattern. Then it occurred to me as I got back in the car that it didn't have a collar stand and my husband wouldn't like that. There's no point in making a shirt he won't wear, so I pointed this out. He said he would just iron it to sit up higher. That won't work! Yes, we were sitting in the car bickering about patterns. So I ran back in and bought Simplicity 5366 --his second choice which now became his first choice.
While he and the boys went to the bookstore I went to the fabric store. Pitiful selection. I had bought myself some nice cotton shirting two weeks ago at Fabric.com with a coupon. If I had known about the sew-along then I would have bought him some. I ended up buying some Egyptian cotton broadcloth in blue. It's beautiful fabric (I'm eyeing it for myself), but it's not what I had in mind. He likes more of a firmer crisp cotton, such as Oxford, but I couldn't find any.
He's pointed out that he kind of likes the Western looking shirt on the pattern but done in all one color instead of the contrasting yoke. Sure, I'll make that. Why not?
He has also suggested that if all goes well I can make a Nudie suit later.
"A what!?!" I ask. "Is it anything like a birthday suit?" (No sewing involved in those!)
No, he explained that a Nudie suit was a very fancy rhinestone studded cowboy suit made by a designer named Nudie. Quite a few musicians had them including John Lennon, Elton John, Cher, and Gram Parsons. And of course, the usual cowboy stars: Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and even Robert Redford in the Electric Horseman. Nudie suits had all the trimmings.
Ok, no, I'm not making a Nudie suit (I like saying it though). I'm going to make a basic shirt.
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Jeez, if I see that guy's face on one more blog...!
Nudie's! I live within hollerin' distance of Nudie's old emporium which, when I moved to LA, still had a plaster horse on the roof. I've never been a fan of cowboy suits or country music, but here is a picture of his old Singer sewing machine! (As you probably learned, googling "nudie" is very tricky!) Still debating joining the shirt sew-along--I should make DH a shirt, but is "should" the right attitude?
Thanks for the link, KC! I don't know why my husband wants a western style shirt when neither of us are cowboy suit or country music fans either. The fun thing about those Nudie suits was how over the top some of them were!
I love it, Nudie! I bet googling that would be treacherous. Kind of like muff-bag was the other day for Little Hunting Creek's blog... I had no idea before doing it, either. Never know what you will find on the net...
My pattern came in the mail today and I ran to JoAnn's to get sale fabric. I picked a linen and had it cut, then found a red check shirting for $2 a yard. I think I'll be happier if I mess up $2 fabric. But, it's pretty in case I don't mess up. Lane
I'm working on the muslin for the sew-along today, although it's going to be more of a real deal instead of a true muslin because I really need to practice some of these techniques. Hmmm. I wonder how Michael feels about rhinestones? ;-)
Love it! I totally think you should make a Nudie! Or at least post about it again so we can all keep saying it :)
I purchased my shirting today for the sew-along. My store selection also was pretty pitiful, but surprisingly ended up with a nice blue check. I'm getting excited!
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