Brits on the Bluff

If my boyfriend ever existed as a fabric, this is what he would be.

He's an undeniable British car enthusiast (and I by association and what he would probably call 'corruption and indoctrination' to the dark side) and so is the creator of this fabric.  Spoonflower, the great creative abyss of irresistible fabrics, actually has quite an array of British car fabrics, and naturally,  I had to make shirts.  His mom has a great stash of vintage patterns and I picked a casual men's shirt from 1954, Simplicity 4981, and a 1960s women's blouse, Simplicity 6549, which would have cost a grand total of $1 back in the day.

Neither were  terribly difficult, but the buttons on his shirt were a little difficult. My zipper even turned out wonderfully.  I decided to make the collar green because the car pattern was just to big and would just make the shirt look messy, I thought. The only problem I had was getting the arms to fit right and they still don't fit right, but it would be more work than it would be worth. Overall I'm pretty satisfied with both shirts and would use the patterns again.