Tuesday 22 May 2012

Pattern Review - Simplicity 2741

With my trusty Bernina 717 sewing machine (its an oldie!) set up in the shop at 108 George Street, Launceston, I am having a marvelous time trialling various patterns with all the fabulous fabric available.

A pattern I have had for some time but have now finally tried out is a Simplicity Pattern No. 2741 which is an "Easy-to-sew" pattern offering mens/women's shirts - with and without collar, vest and boxer shorts.  I have made the collared shirt and it has come out beautifully.  Really happy with the pattern and the fit. Have made the shirt M (medium) size for my husband Andrew who normally wears a shirt size of 40" give or take.

This shirt is made out of Italian cotton shirting.  We have had this fabric for a couple of years, originally bought from Tessuti Fabrics in Sydney.  We have some gorgeous cotton shirting fabrics from Italy in store now.

We used a fine Maltese fusing for collar, neck band and cuffs and it works beautifully.

A customer made this little boys shirt below from current fabric stock.  How gorgeous!

Till next time .. Trish

www.ruchefabrics.com.au



6 comments:

  1. lovely Trish! Greg's been begging me to make him a shirt for years!!! Will have to try this pattern.

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  2. Thanks Colette! We bought that fabric from your city store a couple of years back and when all the gorgeous Italian cotton shirting arrived with our stock for Ruche Fabrics, it inspired us to finally get to it. Trish

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  3. Loved the little boys shirt - what pattern is it and what is the material?

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    1. Hi Corinne,

      The pattern for the little boys shirt is a very old pattern "Burda 6183 Size 2-10" and it was made size 3. A dressmaker Kathy from Sew n Sew made it. The fabric is Italian 100% cotton called "Between Stripes", 150cm wide $34/metre. Cheers, Trish

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  4. Hello Corinne,

    A customer made that little shirt so I will contact her tomorrow for the pattern. I'll also post here on the blog another comment with those details. We have that fabric in our store - it is an Italian cotton fabric. Gorgeous isnt it? We have about 4 or 5 different Italian cottons in stock which are perfect for shirts of either gender. When I open the shop tomorrow I'll post another blog with a pic of the fabrics. Glad you liked it! Thanks, Trish

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    1. Hi Corrine,

      Thanks for your comment. I posted a comment in reply but in hindsight I may have missed actually "replying" to your comment. So please follow the link to read what I have posted on the blog. Many thanks, Trish

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