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 the shoulder color block. I traced off the sleeve on bee paper and hacked it, so that there would be the color blocked sleeve, similar to Simplicity 2318. This was easy to do, after tracing I just cut the piece in half based on how much of a color block I wanted and then added seam allowance to the middle seams.

Oddly enough, the main alteration I do for myself, grading from bust to hip, is the same thing I did for my husband! I graded from a size medium chest to a large hip and it fit him very nicely. I also finished the sleeves with bands, rather than hemming them to carry the contrast color through the design (you can't see the bands really in the photo).

The green fabric is a ponte knit from fabric.com and the grey shoulder pieces are scraps of French Terry from a dress I made originally purchased from Cali Fabrics.

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