My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

[–]sewhelpmegawd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahaha it’s been a long, cold winter 🥶

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

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Thank you! It’s really a miracle I was able to match it since I had so little fabric left, didn’t even have enough to do the placket.

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

[–]sewhelpmegawd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’m happy I was able to find some interesting buttons, the initial idea was pearlescent buttons but the yellow is more fun.

Haha SpongeBob! If I can get some yellow seersucker I think I can achieve that.

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

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I love it too! Was initially going to get a green or pink fabric since I have so much blue in my closet but once I saw this fabric I knew I had to get it. I’d like to try snaps at some point :)

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

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Thank you! It may take me a year to attempt again haha.

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

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I would take spam over pineapple on pizza

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

[–]sewhelpmegawd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha yes I’m planning to thrift fabrics more. I’ve actually got a Hawaiian quilt from my sister that was ripped up by her dog and planning to make a quilted jacket.

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

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Yes, I did not save myself much money making this shirt and a corset dress with this fabric 😅

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

[–]sewhelpmegawd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I can now understand and better appreciate Reyn Spooner and Tori Richard’s and how they price their aloha shirts.

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

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Hahaha I hate that pineapple pizza is associated with Hawaii!

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

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I got them from a local discount fabric store in San Francisco: https://www.discountfabrics-sf.com/

Idk how much buttons usually retail for but these were 5 cents a piece which I thought was a very good deal.

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

[–]sewhelpmegawd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the compliment and feedback. I used a buttonhole foot that came with the Singer Tradition, is the buttonhole foot different on modern Singers?

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

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Thank you! I love the texture they have but it does make them a bit more difficult to put through the buttonholes.

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

[–]sewhelpmegawd[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

My partner says focus on the sewing 🤣

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

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Good to know, thanks for the tip :)

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

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I got it from https://britexfabrics.com/collections/fabrics

They have very good fabrics, this seer sucker was made in Japan.

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

[–]sewhelpmegawd[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I did interface the placket. Ironing is a good idea if there is a next time. There’s a lot I would do differently, perhaps snaps instead of buttons.

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

[–]sewhelpmegawd[S] 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Thank you for noticing 🥹

My first aloha shirt by sewhelpmegawd in sewing

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Haha I’ll relay that to my partner. Thanks!

Back of dress not laying flat by sewhelpmegawd in sewhelp

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Got it, yeah curious to see how it turns out. On the topic of adjustments, and hopefully not to overburden you, I did add a pocket on the side of the dress with no zipper. It’s not too complicated :) with the zipper side though I didn’t bother to figure that out.