Thanks to everyone for all the wonderful comments on my jacket. I really love it and enjoyed making it. I'm glad I got to share a bit with all of you.
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As predicted, Logan has been wearing his
Woody costume shirt to church since Halloween. While I am glad it is getting worn, and also that he is leaving the vest at home (Whew!) it was quite fitted when I made it and now it is just too small. I have been trying out other patterns for dress shirts for Logan, but this time I came back to an old favorite from the
04/2004 issue of Ottobre.
This is #14, the "shirt for little boys". I made it for Logan in
2009 and I just love all of the wonderful details it has. It really is pretty much the perfect little man shirt.
It has cool darted pockets. I left off the flap, since I matched the pocket stripes perfectly and I was afraid to mess with a good thing. I do think it looks more grown up without the flaps, but the corner darts leave plenty of room for trains and cars.
I love the sleeve plackets. I just adore how much these make a little man shirt. And this issue of the magazine has detailed instructions with diagrams for putting in the sleeve placket. I forget all the fiddly details since I don't do this all the time, so it is really great to have the reminder of all the steps. Also - how about that stripe matching across the placket, eh? Mad skills. And magic tape.
The shoulder yoke comes forward of the shoulder seam and is curved into the front.
Pam mentioned recently on Facebook how much she likes this feature in a man's shirt, and I have to agree. I think that it gives it a much more high end look. It's the little touches, you know?
The back yoke also curves down, mirroring the front and there is a center back pleat, just like Daddy's shirts. I'm really glad that Ottobre drafted this shirt all the way up to size 170. I just love it.
ETA: I just enabled
threaded comments on the blog (Thanks
Amanda, for showing us how it's done!). Please let me know (email - katiedeshazer (at) gmail (dot) com) if you can't comment or the blog is acting funny for you. I think it would be great to respond to each other's comments, but not if there are problems with blog functionality. Thanks!
