cotton shirts | If These Threads Could Talk

Whaaaaaat? I started making this shirt 20 years ago and love it so much I’m still making it. I learned to sew in high school 50 years ago (boy it hurts to say that out loud)!

I first made this shirt in 1999. I love it.

But, I did alter it. I’m always hot, so I did away with the collar. I folded the pattern front center edge to give a smooth V neck and do away with the collar. But then I needed to create a facing. So I laid the pattern piece on tracing paper and traced the curve, then add 2″ to the width. I also shortened it by folding the pattern up to give it a straight edge.

I decided I didn’t need to add a separate yoke, so I stitched the yoke pattern piece to the back pattern piece to simplify the process.

I love cotton shirts. How lucky that I’m a quilter with access to lots of cotton fabric! After washing the fabric I cut out all the pieces and then serge the edges.

I love that the sleeves are not set in and that the front of the sleeve is the same as the back. It makes it easy to stitch to the front and back pieces, and then stitch the side seams.

Four more shirts ready for me to wear.

My uniform – cotton shirt & jeans! Life is good.

I decided to take Myrtle May out for a run. Myrtle May is my Singer 301A, hey that rhymes! She had been cleaned and tuned up and she now purred like a kitten. Not bad for a gal that is 60 years old. You see, Myrtle May & I are both turning 60, we were both born in 1953.

I ventured into sewing room number 2 where I park some of my sewing machines and set up Myrtle May and my Babylock Serger. I had 3 shirts that had been cut out since last summer and this was a good day to give Myrtle May a workout and git em done!

I have been wearing the same shirt for 10 years. It started out with long sleeves and a collar. First the long sleeves went, then the collar. You see, I am a Flasher – Hot Flasher that is is. I love cotton shirts.