"What if you made me a totally white shirt? A white shirt, but with black buttons and black buttonholes? And what if the underside of the collar, the inside band and the insides of the cuffs were tiny black-and-white checks. Could you do that?"
Could I?
Well, here it is, all finished but the buttons, which I'll sew on tomorrow when I can see straight again. So I guess I could.
Somehow I had no white shirting in stash, but I actually had the tiny black-and-white check (it couldn't be gingham; it had to be check).
This, ladies and gentlemen, is why we stash - when totally random requests for tiny black-and-white check come in, we can pull it out of the bin and say, "Is this what you wanted?"
Doesn't that feel good?
26 comments:
Looks like a great shirt and you are so right about stashing.
Preach it! And you know if you didn't already have the B&W check, you wouldn't have been able to find the right size checks anywhere.
Looks good!
I think this is brilliant! Very stylish. And I suddenly feel very validated in my fabric stashing.
Wow, looks great!
I really love this!
'Could you' looks great.
Great shirt.
You understand that stash principal and so do I but that doesn't mean that everyone does! *LOL* This is another cool idea that I'm gonna swipe!
That boy's got great taste!
You forgot about the part where you sit down satisfied and say damn I'm good :-) Good Job!
Gotta love fabric stashing and I love the shirt!
Love Mario's idea, the shirt turned out great. Totally agree about the stashing, and second MysMichelletheOutlawlady's comment. Damn you're good!
LOVE that! He has good ideas.
Wow! Great details! Just when I'm feeling guilty about my stash, you show a good reason to keep it. Thanks!
You are a very good wife! I would have been blinded by those lovely checks. g
Awesome! What a great way to elevate the basic white shirt.
A-ma-zing!! I bow down to you shirt making skills and prowess as a wife. And a huge nod to Mario's great taste in fashion...and women!!
Fabulous! Ofcourse you CAN!
The stash does come in handy in surprising ways, doesn't it?
Nice shirt--it looks very well-tailored!
Well, how cool is that? The sneak peak looks terrific! I can't wait for the full reveal.
Love this!
Looks wonderful!
What a great shirt!
AHAHA!
This reminds me of the time (about a year and a half ago) when my husband challenged me to make him a shirt in a day.
I failed.
However, I did finish it eventually and now he wears it like crazy, so I can't complain too much...
That's a lovely shirt. I am going to remember to try those angled cuffs one of these days...
That's beautifully done!
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