I finished my husband's shirt/hoodie before I left for my Belated Korean Honeymoon.
I have photos of each stage of my journey in figuring out how to make shirts for my husband.
First, when I was researching on measuring for clothing for men and women, at first I thought it was the same, but I found that the measurements for men's and women's clothing were entirely different. I am still figuring out the details on how to measure a women's clothing, but I think I have figured out the general idea for men's clothing.
I will have the exact details of how to measure men's clothing on another blog post.
But for now, here are some photos.
After the required measurements, I put the measurements onto poster board.
I initially chose the color of the poster board to be neon orange because it would be easier to see any markings.
I made patterns for each piece of the shirt that I wanted for this particular design:
1. Front
2. Back
3. Short Sleeve
4. Long Sleeve
5. Hood
**I did not need the Long Sleeve, but making the initial long sleeve patter was necessary to create the short sleeve, so I figured that in the future if I wanted to make a long-sleeve shirt, it would come in handy.

Second, I took the fabric and cut out the patterns with about 1/2 inch seam around the entire pattern so that just in case I messed up, I would have some wiggle room.
Keep in mind, this was my first attempt at making a men's shirt ever in my life, so correct me if I'm wrong.
After I had completed cutting out all of my patterns onto fabric, it looked like the following:

After you cut the patterns, I sewed them along the
pattern lines with the universal needle with a straight stitch and went over it with a zigzag stitch for support as you can see in the following pictures:



After I sewed all the pieces together, here is the final product.
As you can see, I improvised on the hood and used the extra fabric from the body of the shirt for the edge of the hood itself to give it a little pizzazz.
Reflections:
1. I learned that I needed to adjust the measurements of some of the pattern blocks to coincide with the actual size of my husband, so on the original pattern blocks I added a few inches in various areas.
2. When sewing a V-neck, I am going to have to invest in trying to figure out how to sew a collar into the shirt because just folding the edge over and stitching did not seem to be working well.
Q&A for You:
What are your best practices or advices for sewing two different fabrics together?
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