{"id":1259,"date":"2023-11-05T15:23:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T20:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2024-05-27T17:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T21:22:50","slug":"t-shirts-for-my-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/2023\/11\/05\/t-shirts-for-my-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"T-shirts for my guy!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I finally sewed something for my husband. Sinclair has a bunch of men’s patterns<\/a> and the sewists in the Sinclair Facebook group often post smiling photos of their husbands and sons modeling their creations. After Chuck recently went through his drawers and removed a mountain of old long-sleeve t-shirts with holes in them, I decided to sew him some new ones. He loves striped shirts, so I have been on a quest to find good yard-dyed striped fabric in t-shirt weight knits (which is surprisingly difficult, pointers to good sources welcome). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I selected the Sinclair Kai semi-fitted crew neck t-shirt for men <\/a>pattern. This was very easy to sew and is essentially the same as Sinclair’s Bondi t-shirt<\/a> pattern for women, but with a different cut and sizing. The instructions for measuring and fitting were clear. I ended up making only a minor adjustment, grading between two sizes on the lower half of the bodice, but the pattern offers instructions for addressing more difficult fitting problems. I also shortened the sleeves and the bodice by about 1.5 inches before hemming. With my serger each of these shirts took only a couple of hours to sew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For my first Kai, I selected Surge’s Sedona mini stripe jersey in Tuscon sun<\/a> (a gold color). It is a lightweight stretchy fabric that is a blend of rayon, cotton, polyester, and spandex. It’s great for drapey summer-weight tops (maybe a summer cardigan), but ended up being a little too light and slinky (as Chuck put it) for a long-sleeved men’s t-shirt. It works fine as an under layer, and he was seemed happy with it none-the-less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For my second Kai, I selected a stretchy rayon\/polyester\/spandex yard-dyed rib knit in navy and olive<\/a>. This fabric is also fairly light and drapey, but it is more substantial and has a more suitable weight for a long-sleeved men’s t-shirt. I like this one better. This fabric was fairly easy to sew with, but I found it almost impossible to mark notches with my washable markers, so I ended up improvising the collar band a bit. I probably should have marked the notches with clips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I think he enjoyed being photographed rather than being my photographer this time. I was excited about using the fall leaves as a backdrop but he was more interested in a photo with our new car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll make some more Kai t-shirt for him after I find some good cotton-lycra striped fabric.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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