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Megan Nielsen Patterns - Acacia panty pattern

I have to admit, I was not on the “make your own underwear” bandwagon for a long time. With limited sewing time, there were just always other things I wanted to spend it on. However, I have totally changed course. One of my reasons for sewing my own clothes is definitely to have personalized fit and design options but I also have concerns about the social costs of clothing production (sweatshops) so to help meet this goal, sewing my own everything as much as possibly makes sense. What really changed my mind though, was seeing how easily I could re-purpose my knit scraps into self-made panties! There is always a little bit of fabric leftover at the end of a project and it’s always a challenge to think about what can be done with it! Especially when it’s really cute fabric. This is what turned around my view on making underwear more than anything else, it’s the perfect size project for knit scraps. It takes much less than half a yard and multiple pieces or even fabrics can be c...

Simplicity 1605A - men's raglan shirt pattern

Can you believe that until recently I had never made my husband a shirt? I had made him some PJs, pillowcases for his body pillow and of course hemmed an untold number of pants but I'd never made him a shirt. #selfishsewist He has an old man flannel shirt that he loves. It's vintage and made with an ultra thick flannel and he would like a replacement/second version of this shirt. So I bought some flannel, the thickest I could find but thought maybe I should try making him a simpler shirt to check how patterns fit him first. Speaking of which, if anyone knows where I can buy the world's thickest flannel, please comment! Getting back to this shirt, I had originally gotten husband design approval for Simplicity 2318 with the shoulder detail but then I couldn't find the pattern anywhere in my stash. Now that could mean I don't have it but more likely I just can't find it. I did have  Simplicity 1605A so I decided I would make it and alter it to have th...