I was excited to get to make something for my man. He like to restore antique tractors and his favorites are Farmall Tractors. So when I saw this tractor fabric at JoAnn Fabrics I bought some not really knowing what I was going to make with it. When he saw it he thought it would make a nice shirt. He could wear it to his tractor club meetings. I was a bit skeptical about how this rather large print would look in a shirt but I went ahead and sewed it up. I think it turned out nice and my man likes it. It fits him well too.
I used this out of print Simplicity Pattern 8150 I had in my pattern stash. It is a pretty basic shirt pattern and easy to sew too. I also made him a pair of boxer shorts from this pattern but we chose not to post any pictures of those. The shorts are very easy to sew with only one pattern piece. I think the shorts took less than an hour to sew. The shirt may have taken 3 hours to sew I didn't really time myself . But I know it was quick and easy to sew. This is the first time I have used this pattern for the shirt but I have made the shorts before. Several years ago I was trying to use up some of my stash fabric so I made boxer shorts for my two sons. I probably will not make the tie as all the men in my life do not wear ties except on rare occasions.
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