Work T-shirt for Him

I'm planning on journaling EVERYTHING sewing in my life - including the mundane necessary items like t-shirts and undies.

My ultimate goal is to completely clothe my family of 6!  It will take a while to get there no doubt, but it will be a fun journey gettin there. Glad to have you along on that journey :-)

Today we have a work t-shirt for hubby.  I have sewn this so many times that I literally can cut, sew, press, fold and put away this shirt faster than I could drive to the store buy one and bring it home. Granted.. I live 30 minutes from any store that would sell t-shirts but that's beside the point :-)

I've had this shirt traced at a size 38 for years! He said that for today's model that I should shorten it just a bit.  I had lengthened the original pattern by 3 inches because he has always wanted t-shirts that were long enough to tuck in on his very tall body.  But, per his request, I shortened it today by 2 inches. So it's still 1 inch longer than the original.  Maybe he's shrinking in his old age????

Here's a close up of the neckband.  I am so happy with my newer sewing machine because my old one didn't really appreciate top stitching on knits :-/ This one does it with no problem! In the picture the neckband looks lopsided but it really isn't. It turned out just fine. Fine for a work shirt anyway!

This is more fun than the spiral notebook already!!!

Back to the sewing room.......

****** Update...... after wearing the shirt twice he says, "yeah maybe I do want that 2 inches back on the length of the pattern"   So.... we'll go back to the original extra length next time. I didn't even tell him "I told you so" ;-)