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Thursday, February 07, 2013

What a look


on this guy’s face, eh? To me it says: ‘I can’t believe my mother/girlfriend bought me this’. Perhaps catalogue modelling is not his calling. 


Buuuut...I do like that funky shirt idea (clearly I am going a little stir crazy here in the cold wet grey of my current time zone) so I tore this page from the Skymall catalogue last time I was at 36,000 feet. This was the morning to do something about it.


I’ll wear this to my quilt lecture for a friend’s church group later this month (about 80 came to my pearl knotting lecture last year!). I must say, I thought I would save some time by patching in a button placket instead of making the facing, then adding buttonholes and buttons. This was NOT the case, but I really like the final effect.


Assorted little details (and pictures of the quilt to be made with the scraps) are over on my blog. 

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4 comments:

  1. Sandy7 February 2013 at 16:37

    That is soooo much better than the photo! I think if the original shirt the man is wearing was a mixture of patterns in the same colour, it would be a happier look!
    Anyway, well done on yours! Good luck with the lecture.
    Sandy in the UK

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  2. Unknown7 February 2013 at 17:20

    I agree with Sandy. I've never liked those shirts, but I actually really like your take on it. I'd love to see it on-I'll go check your blog to see if there's a pic of that. Nice job!

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  3. LOSTRETROMELBOURNE7 February 2013 at 20:06

    I like how you have created interest by using the same colour tonings but different patterns. This makes it fresh, individual and stylish.

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  4. La La Lauren!!!8 February 2013 at 23:41

    Oh wow that is fabulous!

    Lalalauren EOD

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