HENLEY SHIRT #2...

...I completed my second Henley shirt this weekend.

McCall's 6747

I think I have it out of my system now - at least for a while...

HENLEY # 1...

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I ordered the McCall's Henley pattern from Esty last weekend but it still hasn't arrived. After completely searching through two drawers of McCall's patterns 3 times, and reorganizing them according to pattern types I still was unable to find the pattern that I was so sure I had purchased.  While multitasking during a phone call on Saturday cleaning my desk I located 2 patterns - and guess what?. Lo and behold McCall's 6747 was one of the ones I found.  My sewing room needs a COMPLETE organizational overhaul!  When the other pattern arrives, well, I'll just have two of them.  I promise you it won't be my first duplicate pattern.

 

I hurriedly pretreated my fabric and got the top cut out.  The print of the fabric is a large repeat that posed matching challenges.

Although this shirt was really a trial run just to see if I could successfully handle the front placket and installing buttonholes on a knit fabric, I did stabilize the shoulders with my 1/4" twill tape - I'm so glad I have this roll of twill tape, it saves me from trying to find the tiny tape at the fabric store.  The roll has lasted a long, long time.  I've talked to people who say they never bother stabilizing should seams - but some how it makes me feel more secure(???).

 Although the sleeves only match at one point due to yardage restrictions, but I still love the shirt and it matches every where else.  The only change I made was to decrease the length by 2 1/2 inches.  I will make the shirt again very soon, but next time I'll also shorten the front placket because it seemed a bit long proportion wise - I guess because I shortened the length.

DO YOU BOTHER STABILIZING KNIT SHOULDER SEAMS???
DO YOU HAVE MANY PATTERN DUPLICATES IN YOUR STASH???

HENLEYS & #THE SEWING GOURMET...

...as you may have guessed, I am currently dealing with a bit of sewing project procrastination - we'll just call it the SPP Syndrome, if you will.  I have really been wanting to make a few Henley knit tops since Fall of 2015. That's just how far behind with my "Things I want to Sew" list.   I even ordered an Indie Henley top pattern but have been too lazy to tape it together.  I promise you comfortable knit tops like this really suit me - I'm really a simple person. Cute Henley tops would be a staple of my weekend dress code; I could even make several as pajama tops.  I just discovered that McCall's has a jiffy little version of this type top

McCall's 6747

but, of course it's out of print.  I searched and searched my pattern stash and cannot find this pattern.  I could have sworn that I bought it.  I would have made at least two this past weekend had I found the pattern.  I did track it down on Esty so it's on the way from Canada.  

Today I found out that Mimi G has a new Simplicity Henley dress pattern for Spring,

but of course I'd need to wait for a pattern sale to get my hands on that one.  So I'm sitting around procrastinating on what I really need to be working on - that being Pants Fitting.  Yes, I do need to get back to that over whelming task.

In the meantime, I've added a new touch to The Sewing Gourmet's repertoire

I had my favorite butcher block counter top cutting board digitally engraved compliments of the Engineer at school.  I'm serious about my culinary tools.  It's a one of a kind and I love it. 

Hope you're not suffering from SPP SYNDROME...

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