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BYDMORAN
October 1st 03, 05:06 AM
I have just decided to make my husband some dress shirts instead of buying yet
more that just don't last.
I am wondering if anyone can recommend a pattern which they have used and found
it goes together nicely. I would like to make several of different prints of
fabric.
I need a placket front, yoke back with pleat (but I could add that) and long
sleeves with button cuff.
I haven't looked at men's patterns in years. The pattern I have now is older
than I am (and I am not young!). I use it to make my dad flannel shirts but am
hoping a newer pattern would go together more smoothly and would have ALL the
pieces!
Ready for a new pattern.
Donna
duh who
October 1st 03, 06:11 AM
"BYDMORAN" > wrote in message
...
> I have just decided to make my husband some dress shirts instead of buying
yet
> more that just don't last.
>
> I am wondering if anyone can recommend a pattern which they have used and
found
> it goes together nicely. I would like to make several of different prints
of
> fabric.
I've adapted a Butterick 3217 for my use. So, I've tailored it. Don't know
how it will fit your hubby.
>
> I need a placket front, yoke back with pleat (but I could add that) and
long
> sleeves with button cuff.
By placket front, do you mean a pullover? Or a separate piece for the
buttonhole strip?
Dwight
Aunty Sipation
Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply
October 1st 03, 08:29 AM
BYDMORAN wrote:
>
> I am wondering if anyone can recommend a pattern which they have used and found
> it goes together nicely. I would like to make several of different prints of
> fabric.
I can't recommend any pattern (but can enthusiastically recommend Tailor
Made, men's pattern-drafting software by www.wildginger.com), but if you
are going to start making men's dress shirts, don't start without buying
David Coffin's Shirtmaking book. It's a Taunton Press book.
--
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle.
I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. - Mother Teresa
BYDMORAN
October 1st 03, 04:36 PM
Thank you for the pattern recommendation (Butterick 3217). I will check it
out. I need a separate strip for the buttons and button holes. The pattern I
make for my dad doesn't have this. No pullovers.
duh who
October 1st 03, 05:28 PM
"BYDMORAN" > wrote in message
...
> Thank you for the pattern recommendation (Butterick 3217). I will check
it
> out. I need a separate strip for the buttons and button holes. The
pattern I
> make for my dad doesn't have this. No pullovers.
Ok, this one has the strip. I think it has a pair of pants along with the
shirt, but I don't use that.
I think its pretty much an old style pattern. No drop shoulder like is in
fashion now. I dropped the shoulder on mine, plus some other things to
tailor it to me.
I've made different versions of the pattern to make casual shirts (dropped
the yoke, self-seam the button strips), short-sleeve shirts (don't go with
their short-sleeve length. Its too short. Add about 2" so it reaches the
elbow.)
Vogue has a dress shirt pattern too, which I have, but have never used.
Once I tailored one pattern to me, I wasn't going to go futzing with
another.
BYDMORAN
October 1st 03, 08:36 PM
I see Joann's has the Butterick patterns for .99 today...so guess where I am
headed. Thanks for the advice about the short sleeve length.
Donna
>Ok, this one has the strip. I think it has a pair of pants along with the
>shirt, but I don't use that.
>
>I think its pretty much an old style pattern. No drop shoulder like is in
>fashion now. I dropped the shoulder on mine, plus some other things to
>tailor it to me.
>
>I've made different versions of the pattern to make casual shirts (dropped
>the yoke, self-seam the button strips), short-sleeve shirts (don't go with
>their short-sleeve length. Its too short. Add about 2" so it reaches the
>elbow.)
Kay Lancaster
October 13th 03, 03:42 AM
On 01 Oct 2003 04:06:57 GMT, BYDMORAN > wrote:
> I have just decided to make my husband some dress shirts instead of buying yet
> more that just don't last.
>
> I am wondering if anyone can recommend a pattern which they have used and found
> it goes together nicely. I would like to make several of different prints of
Kwik-sew 2777 is what I use for folks that don't need a custom pattern.
I strongly suggest using the ready-to-wear style folded front placket
(cut-on placket) rather than the separate placket.
Kay Lancaster
Emily
October 13th 03, 09:02 PM
DS had been complaining about his shirts, and last spring, I bought the
Simplicity shirt pattern #9469 for 99cents and enough fabric at $1:00 a yard
to make a muslin. It is like the K-S that Kay mentioned, no separate
placket in the front. DS didn't care for that, so when I found a Butterick
pattern #3217, I bought it and he likes it much better because of the
separate placket..
Emily
duh who
October 14th 03, 12:37 AM
"Emily" > wrote in message
...
> DS had been complaining about his shirts, and last spring, I bought the
> Simplicity shirt pattern #9469 for 99cents and enough fabric at $1:00 a
yard
> to make a muslin. It is like the K-S that Kay mentioned, no separate
> placket in the front. DS didn't care for that, so when I found a
Butterick
> pattern #3217, I bought it and he likes it much better because of the
> separate placket..
> Emily
I use that pattern, but its set up to give you the option of a separate
placket, or a self-seam on each side.
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