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Mom Got it Right Jacket - McCall's 6044 and McCall's 7447

11/7/2017

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There's nothing better than when you sew and gift and you know they like it and it fits!  But when it's for your teenage son it's even better.  That's what we have here...Mom got it right on this one.

Our son is very easy to please but he also doesn't like to have a lot of "things".     This is a wonderful trait (I wish I was more like this) but it does make giving him a gift a little bit tricky.  Our family went to NYC for my husband's show a couple of weeks ago and I was so excited we were going to have everyone in the family together I decided to make something new for everyone in the crew.  
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My original plan was to make my son a flannel shirt so I cut out McCall's 6044 (my go to men's shirt pattern) but as I started constructing it, I realized he has a flannel hoodie in his closet that gets tons of wear and honestly could use a little break.  So I made the body of the shirt using 6044 and I made the sleeves and hood from McCall's 7447 out of sweatshirting.  The patterns were perfectly interchangeable (the sleeve popped right in and the hood was the exact length of the neckline).  The only changes I made were lining the hood and adding twill tape to the neckline.  This was a fast shirt.  It's amazing how much faster a hood is from a collar and a knit sleeve is from a cuffed sleeve with a placket.  Win, win here!

This post isn't picture heavy but I'm not complaining since he was okay with me at least taking a photo and posting it.

It was a dream trip with the family in NYC and the best part was seeing my husband's paintings up and on the wall in a beautiful space.  Love!
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Match the Pattern on a Pocket...and Stitch It.

8/29/2016

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I made the tiniest little boy shirt out of this fabric and since the shirt was so small, I wanted to minimize the busyness of the pattern by matching the pattern on the pocket.  Actually, if I were to be completely truthful, I really wanted to match the pocket because I love matching patterns and probably would never have another chance to line up "googly eyes".  Learning to match a pocket is quick and this method works for prints, stripes as well as plaids.
 Here's how to do it:
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1. Transfer pocket placement dots to front of shirt.
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2. Place pocket pattern on the shirt so dots match.
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3. Trace design of fabric onto tissue ( I marked the "googly eyes" of the crab using a water soluble marker just in case it bled through the tissue and onto the fabric. This may or may not have happened in the past. Hmmm.)
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4. Place pocket pattern over shirt fabric, matching "googly eyes". Cut out the pocket.
Here's how to prep the pocket and stitch it on:

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1. Fold over hem allowance.
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2. Fold under 1/4" under hem allowance for clean edge.
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3. Fold hem back along the foldline, right sides together.
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4. Stitch along hem allowance line (in this example it's 5/8").
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5. Turn the hem so the right side is out and press in along stitching line. Using the line as the guide insures that the pocket is even.
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6. Stitch along top of pocket at hem (I completely forgot to photo this part...we will use our imaginations and pretend it's there, uh-hem.)
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7. Place pocket on shirt, pin in place and stitch (I use my ditch foot for a really clean line.)
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There's our pocket all ready to go!
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