Sewing a fine linen plaid men's shirt

I've fallen behind, readers.  I haven't yet shown you photos from Susan's last fitting from last Friday, which went very well.  I hope to share those with you later in the week.

Today, I want to show you another project I'm working on, a beautiful handkerchief-weight linen shirt in a blue, brown and cream plaid (up top and below).  While gorgeous, this fabric is prone to shift so it's a little challenging to work with.  Cutting it required a lot of concentration and lining up the vertical and horizontal lines on the right and left shirt fronts look longer than I expected.





The photo just below should give you a better sense of the weave, which is somewhat loose and prone to fraying.



Rather than use fusible interfacing, on the front plackets I'm using pre-shrunk cotton batiste I picked up on MPB Day.  It's a great stabilizer and it doesn't mess with the fabric's texture or hand.  I'm also using it to interface the outer yoke (which I cut on the bias, below), as well as for the inside yoke.





I am very excited about this shirt, though it's not for me but rather for a new client, the son-in-law of a neighbor of ours, who's visiting from California.  I hope to show you a photo of him in the finished shirt by week's end.

I'm making this -- buttonholes included -- with my Singer 201, which I've been sewing with a lot lately for some reason.

And that's it!  I have a lot to work on this week and hope to share most, if not all of it, with you.

Have a great day, everybody!

This Sunday I wore my cotton shawl-neck sweater, pink linen shirt, and dark denim jeans.