Hot Patterns Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company Shirt

From this pile of cut up old denim jeans...

To this pretty darn awesome work shirt/jacket.

Hi all.  This is my first real refashioning post on this blog!

This shirt was a long time in the making due to machine issues, the heavy jean fabric, and all the top stitching that I did.  The pattern itself is not difficult one, and the pieces matched together perfectly.  This shirt is made out of my husband's old Levi denim jeans, and I sewed/top stitched all seams with heavy duty thread.  The under collar, cuff and placket lining is made out of  scrap flannel fabric I have had in my stash a long, long time.

The pictures are not that good because I used my phone camera, but you can get the idea.

I made a size XL, and could have went down a size.  The shirt is roomy on my husband, but again, he likes that since he will be wearing it more for a jacket.  If I was to make a shirt out of normal fabric, I would go down a size.

It is nice to refashion something old into something new.  All these years of saving up jeans has finally paid off :)

Take care and God bless.

My introduction

Hello everyone.  I am excited to have the opportunity to participate in this forum.  I go by dkswife, and do have a blog where I post about my sewing, and a few other things I have going on.

I have been sewing since I was a very small child (think 3 or 4 years old), and have always enjoyed it.  My goal is to make most all of my clothing.  I do this by either buying fabric, or refashioning garments.  I do not enjoy shopping for clothing unless it is thrift store items that can be refashioned.   Where I live, we do not have the mega thrift stores like some areas do, but there are several smaller ones, so I pop tags at several locations :)

My husband and I have a small farm that he manages, and I do work outside the home.  My job calls for fairly dressy attire, so it makes sewing that much more fun for me.  I love all the finishing details in sewing.  To me, that kicks the garments up a notch, and makes for a much more professional appearance.

Well, I will stop chattering, and will make my first garment post in the next day or two.

I look forward to seeing all the refashioning!

Blessings!