Passaround pattern Bushshirt finished!

[paulnb57]

Time to declare my Bushshirt finished, need to Lanolise in the Summer and apply a sew on badge when I find the right one.......very enjoyable, many, many thanks to Toddy for making the pattern available.

Irish wool tweed fabric with Cotton drill round the collar, cuffs, pocket openings and hem.

I live in it!

Several people have received patterns, lets see yours!


Paul

 

[ozzy1977]

Cracking job, I like that shade of green, where did you get the fabric?

 

[crosslandkelly]

That's a lovely looking shirt, nice one.

 

[Platypus]

That's really nice.
Still trying to source the material for mine, struggling to find an old wool blanket of decent quality.
Did you buy the Irish wool tweed and cotton drill fabric on-line?

 

[Mesquite]

That looks really good.

I especially like the material and the colour

 

[Bullrover]

Well done on a very professional looking job

 

[laro13]

Wow, that is looking really nice!

 

[HHazeldean]

That looks great, nice job, really like the look of the fabric too

 

[Clouston98]

Good stuff mate!

 

[bilmo-p5]

Looks good; nice work.

 

[paulnb57]

This is the Amazon seller that I got the Tweed from I, got 3 meters, just in case of a major oops!, the cotton drill I got from a local shoppe, it's fairly common I think....SWMBLT made the first attempt at the Bushshirt from the Cotton Drill, I watched and learned, however it was the first big sewing project she had done, this proved the concept then I made the Tweed one, all my own work, having never used a sewing machine before! I even made the antler buttons with my teusty Dremel, one of those tools I sometimes wonder how I managed without.....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00AERLLFM/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all

 

[grey-array]

That looks superb Mate, and indeed what is that fabric you put to good use there?>
Wondering
Yours sincerely Ruud

 

[paulnb57]

Irish Tweed, would love to use Harris Tweed, but at £30/40 meter?........ouch!

 

[fishfish]

thats a bit bloomin nice!

 

[mbiraman]

Thanks for posting. Very nice job. I have a blanket shirt i made from an Italian blanket and was waning some kind of closure for the neck. You provided a good idea. Thanks

 

[paulnb57]

Actually I just changed the closure as it didn't really work as well as I hoped, it just pulled the closure area out of shape...........this thing is like my Defender, not sure its ever finished!
I have now converted it to a button and flap closure as suggested in the pattern.

Paul

 

[fishfish]

how easy is it to 'size up' the patterns?

 

[paulnb57]

Fish Fish

Do you really need to? Mine is Large and I took it in 1 1/2 inches each side and its still generous....Im 48 chest 36 waist and disproportionate belly that I wont measure!
The pattern has some instructions for resizing as do the sew along destructions at the top of this page.....

Paul

 

[fishfish]

oh yea needs tgo bigger than that! yep i am personally resonsible for the extintion of the humble english steak and kidney pie! lol

 

[decorum]

Nicely done Paul

how easy is it to 'size up' the patterns?

oh yea needs tgo bigger than that! yep i am personally resonsible for the extintion of the humble english steak and kidney pie! lol

Contact Mary? Her comment from the original thread:

>>> I'll size up to a M for those up to maybe 44" chest, and then an L for the next size up to maybe 50", and an X for up to 56".
For those larger or smaller than those sizes, I'll draught out specific patterns once you've filled in a measure sheet for me.

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I know I need at least one 67" chest pattern, and that's nowhere near the biggest shirt I've made in the past, so don't be blate about asking if these sizes won't be comfortable on you.