Hubris

This shirt is a Father’s Day present for my husband. It turned out completely wearable and not at all strange, which is somewhat miraculous considering that I had far too little fabric and had to match plaids. The fabric was a remnant of linen plaid. It has a great hand: lightweight yet with a lot of body. The woven plaid pattern is extremely complicated, which I like in theory but made it difficult to cut the pieces.

I used the Collette Negroni pattern. The pattern calls for 2 pockets, but there was simply no way that was happening with the amount of fabric I had. To get the one pocket, I had to cut it a smidge smaller and face it with contrast fabric.

To save fabric, I used a contrast solid linen wherever I could. The front facings; undercollar; yoke facing; pocket flap and pocket facings; sleeve facings; and a strip of fabric on the sleeves at the back underarm are all in contrast fabric. I think the contrast fabric actually makes it look more luxe, which is paradoxical since it was an economizing measure.

Anyway, I hope my husband likes it. He needs a button-front shirt that is not a work shirt, and now he has one. After my fabulous Mother’s Day, he probably deserves something better than this, but, well, this is what he’s getting.

Back view

undercollar

pocket

Contrast triangle at the side near the hem. If you make mens shirts and don’t do this, you should. It is so easy and makes the shirt look much more expensive.

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