Buying Old Guy Clothes

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  1. Kate Ellery

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    DH likes long sleeve T shirts style of top in winter ( I make them for him ) well confession time I haven’t made him any for a long time …..as I used good quality fabric and they last cause he only uses them when going out ..unless they have seen better days

    I started making them for him 6 months after we met in 1986 cause any he looked at in shops were very poor quality fabric and the arms were to short for him
     
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    This is the patten I use for his long sleeve t shirts
    I made them in a denim and and …plain black colours….the style is called long sleeve Golf shirts

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    How do you do the cuffs? Are they stretchy?
     
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    I sewed matching ribbing on for the sleeve cuffs , when I made the denim colour one for him I was able to buy a ready made knitted collar and matching ribbing ..just plain hem on bottom .
    Yes the ribbing is stretch …you measure the part you want to add ribbing …and cut a piece of ribbing 2/3 the size of part you want to stretch the ribbing to
    Cut and sew to size before adding / sewing onto garment

    Can still buy black ribbing.
    I’m away from home till Wednesday I’ll take photos of his tops when I go home
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    @Nancy Hart
    Here are DH very much worn long sleeve tshirts I made for him
    The once black one would be close to 30 years old ..and he won’t bin it even tho it needs it …
    The denim blue one would be close to 20 years old

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    Reminds me of my mother's McCalls and Simplicity patterns from when she used to sew.
     
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    The biggest issue I have now days to make him any more ( and it’s been so for a long time ) is getting good quality fabric …….it’s like finding a hens teeth as Aussies would say

    Sewing seems to be a dying art sadly …..one can save heaps by mending / altering ( taking hems up) or in the case of any skirts I used for dancing I’d alter the skirts ( shorten ) at waistline .

    Oh I meant to say the ribbing on the sleeves of the top that was originally black …the ribbing was black as well but it’s faded over the years

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    @Kate Ellery
    I'm curious about the ready-made knit collars you mentioned. Can't seem to find any here. Then it dawned on me you might just mean the knit fabric cut in strips. Is that it?

    Collars were the thing that stopped me from sewing blouses and shirts. I could never get them to look right. :p
     
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    No you could buy the collars ready made , they are a knitted , I’ve seen some in op shops ( charity shops ) but not even certain if you can still buy them ….let alone collars to match the fabric especially denim colour @Nancy Hart
    thanks for questions Nancy I like to pass on any knowledge I have
     
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