Michelle May
Halloween shirt! 🎃

My husband always wanted a cool Halloween shirt, but he had very specific requirements so this fabric took a lot of finding.

This was the second shirt I've sewn, and first one where the pattern matching on the pocket actually worked! A year later and I'm still very proud of myself.

Pattern is the short-sleeve version of McCalls 6044, and the fabric was from Spoonflower.

(for the record, he was asked to "just stand normally")

#Sewing #Halloween #Shirt #Spoonflower #M6044
Oct 31, 2024 at 7:07pmWeb
Show threadMichelle / The Giddy StitcherOct 31, 2024
@michellemay Shoutout to @davetansley for being such an enthusiastic model.
Show threadHollieOct 31, 2024
@michellemay It's fantastic!
Show threadMichelle MayOct 31, 2024
@[email protected] Thanks! Shirts were my sewing white whale for a bit, so I still have to pinch myself a bit looking at this :D
Show threadMark HOct 31, 2024

@michellemay

@davetansley looks like he'd be right at home modelling for the Littlewoods catalogue Autumn edition. Not in this universe, but one of them, certainly.

Show threadvicarvernonOct 31, 2024
@michellemay nice work on the pocket. I've matched stripes, but not a pattern.
Show threadMichelle MayOct 31, 2024
@[email protected] Thanks, honestly it was nervewracking 😂
Show threadFinnNov 1, 2024
@michellemay that looks great! what were the fabric requirements? (I'm thinking about what I'd want in his shoes, I mean shirts)
Show threadMichelle MayNov 6, 2024
Hey! Sorry, I haven't actually figured out how to get notifications on Pixelfed yet...

Will dig out the pattern tomorrow to check the specifics but according to my order history this was 2 yards of however wide Spoonflower's poplin is 😅
Show threadFinnNov 7, 2024
@michellemay haha np. I meant your husband's very specific requirements actually!
Show threadMichelle MayNov 7, 2024
Omg this is so confusing, I can see this reply in my notifications but nowhere else! Let's see if this makes it to you:

He wanted specifically a black background (RIP all the cool orange fabrics I had bookmarked). Wanted the design to be big, and minimal style. "Something that Jay from RedLetterMedia would wear".

I think I nailed it but it was shockingly hard to find!
Show threadMichelle / The Giddy StitcherNov 7, 2024

It's coming to something when the only way to reply to someone's comment on your Pixelfed post AND actually ping the person, is to log over to Mastodon and do it there instead.

But anyway @finn, see above 😂

Show threadBeeCycling has movedNov 1, 2024
@michellemay That is an epic shirt. 🎃 👻
Show threadDave TansleyNov 7, 2024
Hot model!