Saturday, January 24, 2009

accidentally western shirt

I went downtown last weekend to Border's just to buy a magazine.  Oh, but it's not just any magazine, no, this was/is Burda World of Fashion.  The subscription is $80/year so I wanted to make sure I liked it before I ordered.

The magazine is German, thankfully translated.  Inside each issue is 40-70 patterns!  I've made two from the issue I bought and I am in LOVE!  They are stylish and do not need any altering.  When I make clothes from the big 4 (McCall's, Simplicity, Vogue and Butterick) things never turn out right.  The two shirts I've made turned out great!

I do not have pictures of the first shirt I made, since i've worn it so many times this week it's now drying after a wash.  But here is the second shirt I made.  The fabric turned out to be a little more flashy than I was hoping for so I threw on some pearl snaps and made it a western shirt!  
 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think the first western short was made by accident, kinda like the discovery of penicillin :)

Anonymous said...

Very nice western shirt! Cacties specializes on country and western apparel and one of their expertise are western shirts. Plan to include shirts for women is ongoing, so you can expect some best western shirts for gals soon!

Thanks! :)