
Burda 7767, again.
Looks kinda plain from a distance? well, up close it can be seen the shirt has a secret floral surprise!
I've seen a few shirts in up-to-the-minute menswear boutiques with some panels and parts cut from contrasting prints like paisleys and florals, and wanted to make something like this for Craig. Thing is though, he's a fairly conservative dresser who would give major side-eye to anything full-on floral.... too scary! so to ease him into the trend gently and painlessly I just sneaked it in, in innocuous spots, for facings and mostly inside parts. Meaning at a casual glance you only get tantalising glimpses that it is not just a
I'm really pleased with how it looks! It's always a bit nerve-wracking choosing fabrics for the menfolk, they can be so easily spooked. The floral is a little hipster, it's true; but I think the soothing presence of all that grey cotton broadcloth makes it ok for a man like my husband.
Both fabrics are from Spotlight, and I used the soft floral Japanese cotton wrong side out to get a softer, pleasantly faded and muted effect. This is used for all facings: the collar, collar stand, pockets, button and buttonhole bands, sleeve hems and yoke. The variegated pale/dark grey buttons are from Fabulous Fabrics.
I gave the left breast pocket a pen division, because apparently he actually uses it.
All the seams are flat-felled, and I used my own tutorial to get that sleeve cap curve sitting down nice and flat around the shoulder.
At the lower edge of the side seams I tried something new, and finished them with a lapped flat-felled split. I really like how this turned out; it's strong and looks both neat and smart and I will use this technique for a lot more shirts in future :)
Details:
Craig's shirt; Burda 7767 with minor modifications, my review of this pattern here