{"id":15805,"date":"2016-09-26T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=15805"},"modified":"2016-09-25T17:51:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T00:51:29","slug":"tablecloth-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=15805","title":{"rendered":"HoJo’s Tablecloth Shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oh, this shirt.<\/p>\n

My intentions were so good. I started with Colette’s Negroni pattern<\/a> and dug through my abundant plaid fabric collection for this blue and cream colorway. I believe it was from Drygoods many moons ago.<\/p>\n

It was supposed to be a birthday shirt for M, then July whisked by.<\/p>\n

I told myself no problem,\u00a0it’s\u00a0simply a late birthday present<\/em>, and then August sped away.<\/p>\n

Then, with our 11th wedding anniversary careening towards us, I finally completed it on September 3rd, our actual anniversary date.<\/p>\n

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He claims to love it, but here are the statements that he’s made so far: “Did you raid a Howard Johnson’s supply closet and steal a tablecloth? Or maybe it was a curtain?” And “I’ve never worn such a heavy shirt, putting it on is like a workout.” And “Very innovative of you to make a winter shirt with short sleeves.” It’s a good thing I have an excellent sense of humor.<\/p>\n

And it’s true, the mid-weight cotton was a poor choice for this pattern, given all the facings and interfacings.<\/p>\n

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Now, it’s been a couple of months since I started making it, and almost a month since I’ve completed it, so I can’t say that I remember much of the details. I omitted the collar loop (a mid-century style detail, apparently) but otherwise, followed the instructions to the letter. I do remember not enjoying the process even though the instructions were superb and I was killing it in the print-matching department.<\/p>\n

The lack of enjoyment was probably because I could tell that the shirt was going to weigh a ton and was most likely\u00a0going to be too big for M (I cut an XL, which is his usual size, but he lost a lot of weight over the summer). Yet, I couldn’t quit on it.<\/p>\n

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The fit isn’t too bad, actually. He’s somewhere between a large and XL, and too big is better than too small, no? I’ve washed it a few times hoping to shrink it, but that’s some serious high quality cotton and it hasn’t budged in size.<\/p>\n

But done is done, and undaunted, I’m looking to try a different pattern for the next shirt. Maybe\u00a0McCall’s 6044<\/a>…Morgan<\/a>‘s made a bajillion versions for her husband and she’s a thoroughly trusted source.<\/p>\n

“Can I choose the fabric next time?” M asked. I don’t know, do you<\/em> get the sense that maybe he doesn’t love the shirt?<\/p>\n

But he loves taking pix with K! In actuality, he may make endless fun of it, but M wears the shirt all the time — my sweet guy.
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P.S. The winner of the giveaway<\/a> is Norah, congrats!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oh, this shirt. My intentions were so good. I started with Colette’s Negroni pattern and dug through my abundant plaid fabric collection for this blue and cream colorway. I believe it was from Drygoods many moons ago. It was supposed to be a birthday shirt for M, then July whisked by. I told myself no problem,\u00a0it’s\u00a0simply a late birthday present, and then August sped away. Then, with our 11th wedding anniversary careening towards us, I finally completed it on September 3rd, our actual anniversary date. He claims to love it, but here are the statements that he’s made so far: “Did you raid a Howard Johnson’s supply closet and steal a tablecloth? Or maybe it was a curtain?” And “I’ve never worn such a heavy shirt, putting it on is like a workout.” And “Very innovative of you to make a winter shirt with short sleeves.” It’s a good thing I have an excellent sense of humor. And it’s true, the mid-weight cotton was a poor choice for this pattern, given all the facings and interfacings. Now, it’s been a couple of months since I started making it, and almost a month since I’ve completed it, so I can’t say that I remember much of the details. I omitted the collar loop (a mid-century style detail, apparently) but otherwise, followed the instructions to the letter. I do remember not enjoying the process even though the instructions were superb and I was killing it in the print-matching department. The lack of enjoyment was probably because I could tell that the shirt was going to weigh a ton and was most likely\u00a0going to be too big for M (I cut an XL, which is his usual size, but he lost a lot of weight over the summer). Yet, I couldn’t quit on it. The fit isn’t too bad, actually. He’s somewhere between a large and XL, and too big is better than too small, no? I’ve washed it a few times hoping to shrink it, but that’s some serious high quality cotton and it hasn’t budged in size. But done is done, and undaunted, I’m looking to try a different pattern for the next shirt. Maybe\u00a0McCall’s 6044…Morgan‘s made a bajillion versions for her husband and she’s a thoroughly trusted source. “Can I choose the fabric next time?” M asked. I don’t know, do you get the sense that maybe he doesn’t love the shirt? But he loves taking pix with K! In actuality, he may make endless fun of it, but M wears the shirt all the time — my sweet guy.   P.S. The winner of the giveaway is Norah, congrats!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sewing","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15805"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15821,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15805\/revisions\/15821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}