The topic of this post is the first one. I made the Grainline Archer shirt for me in January 2015 and it was one of the most fun and satisfying things I've sewn. It was followed by another 2 Archers, 1 Alder, 1 Archer/Alder mashup and 1 Negroni for Josh.
The Negroni was an anniversary present to him and I asked him to choose a fabric he liked. He chose this lovely cotton from Stone Fabrics with pink and green stripes that reminds me of a pear and strawberry flavoured ice cream my family used to buy when I was a kid in Sweden. It came in a 2 L tub and the strawberry tasted a bit synthetic but the pear was delicious.
I digress. So what happened was that I took his measurements, found his size in the pattern, sewed it up without fitting as I went along (big mistake) and...it ended up way too big. He wore it out for our anniversary dinner and then it stayed in the wardrobe.
A year and a bit later we agreed that it was unlikely he would get much wear out of it so I decided to give it a new lease on life by turning it into an off the shoulders top for me.
Before
I'm very happy with how it turned out. The fact that it is quite oversized means it's really nice and cool on a hot day. Only problem - I have so many clothes for hot days and there are so few hot days. But when they do come, I'm prepared!
All photos by Josh.