Back in November, my husband asked me to sew him some Hawaiian shirts for our December warm weather vacation. I was surprised that he asked me to make him something and I was happy to do it. I bought some Hawaiian print fabrics from Hawaiianfabric.com and went out in search of a suitable pattern. There were no Big 4 pattern sales going on at that time, so I focused on New Look which are cheaper in general. I found New Look 6197 which had the added benefit of including pattern pieces for a woman's shirt complete with darts.
No good. I picked out the stitching to an inch or so below the top button. Here is the first finished shirt:
I am very proud of my pattern matching: Check out that pocket!!
There is a pocket on this one too, can you see it?
I spent over 20 minutes searching through the New Look drawer at my local JoAnn and putting all of the patterns in the proper order without finding a copy. Sigh. Then I turned around...behind me on the racks of patterns was exactly what I was looking for. Yay!
The pattern was very simple to put together, I cut an XL, and put the sleeves in flat. One thing I would change is that the pattern tells you to under-stitch the front facing. That makes the under-stitching visible when the shirt is on, like this:
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| Visible stitching: No good! |
I am very proud of my pattern matching: Check out that pocket!!
The 2nd version of this shirt was made with a cotton/poly blend also from Hawaiianfabric.com
There is a pocket on this one too, can you see it?
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| hint: the black turtle facing 8:00 is on the pocket! |
My husband was thrilled with these shirts, and seeing how quick and easy these were to make, I'd be happy to make more. I'll leave you with one more 'action' shot:
