Men's Zip Up Cardigans

It's a chilly, but beautiful sunny day today here in Japan!
But unfortunately curtains remain closed, because our apartment is under repair to fix cracks in the outside wall. It got damaged a lot by the repeated earthquakes.
More than 8 months have passed after the big earthquake, but it's still continuing.
We feel quakes a few times a week. I wish it will cease soon...

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Now here are 2 zip up cardigans for my husband and my father!

for my father (size S)

This brown one is for my father. I got this knit fabric 100yen/m at ZAKZAK in Nippori. It is smooth and expansive velours.  Cheap, but nice fabric!

for my husband (size LL)

This time I used the piping foot for the first time! I got excited to find it so quick & convenient!

This book contains many simple and versatile patterns for men; T shirt, cardigan, jacket, pants and more. And same as the previous post, these patterns also include seam allowances.I really love this authors pattern books : )

pattern : 『ロックミシン・メンズークライ・ムキのLaLaLa4』
　　　　　　(Overlock Sewing for Men  LaLaLa4 　by Muki Kurai)
　　　　　　ISBN　9784529045834

Knit x Leather = Cool!

 

I made this sweater for my husband using the same pattern which I used to make for my father-in-low. It seemed to be too simple for him, and I thought and thought.... and got a good idea!

I put small pieces of leather on chest and shoulder.

It is very cool, isn't it? :)

Gifts for our Parents

for my husband's mother

I don't know if you know or not, most of Japanese apparel shops sell clothes only in a few sizes - size 9 or 11.  So it's so difficult for larger or smaller sized people to get their clothes, and they can only choose them by size, not by design.

My mother-in-low is about size 13 or 15, and she complains about that. And she asked me to make her clothes.
I made this sweater　as a girt for her birthday. It has very wide dolman sleeves, and I suppose it 's very comfortable and its beautiful color suits her very well.
I hope she will like it! :)

for my husband's father

And I made this sweater for my father-in-low as well. He is 10 years older than his wife, and he is sometimes misunderstood that he is her 'father' !  I hope he will look younger in this sweater.

for my mother

And my mother is also one of those people who have problems about getting their clothes.
She is very small, about size 3 or 5.
I measured her size in details when I met her about a month ago, and I made her personal sloper.
So this shirt fits her very well. She looked so happy with it, and asked me to make more clothes! 
I was so happy too to hear that.

Now, I MUST make my father's clothes as well... He sometimes wears women's T shirts. haha

Economic Shirt

I was very lucky to meet a grab-bag sale at a business shirt shop, and got lots of meters -maybe approx. 15-20 meters of shirt fabrics at only 500yen!

I made an Italian collar shirt for my husband from one of these fabric pieces.
Buttons came from a shirt that he was going to throw out. Fusible interfacing cost the most. :)

This shirt doesn't wrinkle after washed and spin-dried.
Cheap, but perfect fabric for shirt!

Birthday Shirt for my husband

My husband is going to have his birthday, so I made this shirt as a birthday gift!

I used the same pattern as the previous one because he likes it so much! ...Frankly, because making or tracing new patterns was annoying for me...  Please keep that in secret to him! :-)

a strong dog!

a dull dog...

A Shirt for my Husband

This is a shirt for my husband! The pattern is from my favorite book '男のシャツの本'(The book for mens' shirts), Italian-collared shirt on No.10.  This is very wonderful and the real sewing pattern book. Highly recommend! :-)

And I got this stripy fabric as cheap as 200yen at an outlet aparell shop!! Very economy.haha

 I like this style of collars!

back yoke

gray button holes, blue button thread

My husband likes it.