redlady62

Well, I entered the shirt in the local fair last week, and did very well with it. Hubby will be allowed to wear it again 🤣. I better start sewing for the Galapagos cruise that is coming up!

Yes, Jon signed on the bottom front in the light blue. Have to get that photo

Evening everyone. Had not thought about applying stabilization for the button holes as there was three layers of fabric. The shirt survived washing and I was able to have Jon van Zyle sign it. Should I do anything to preserve the autograph? Signed using a black sharpie Still have to take a photo of the signed shirt 🙃

It is done! Phew! In the hamper to be washed before packing this weekend. Found the Fray Check in my ‘stash’ of stuff (it really has been a while) and applied to all knots and edge of the button holes before carefully sniping them open. Thank you all for holding my hands while I worked on it ❤️

I never thought to look for Kenmore specific Youtube video! Duh! I do have a buttonhole attachment as well (looks very similar to the Singer one my mum use to have a long time ago in a land far, far away) and did not like the samples that I had made on the muslin / trial shirt. Thank you, will do more looking.

Yeah, knit fabric and button holes are my least favourite.... followed by zippers!

Hello again. Did a search through Threads Magazine / Insider and the only thought I have is to go down the left side, bar tack and then pivot the shirt and go 'down' on the other side. Shirt is made from fabric purchased back in 2008 when we were in Delta AK. I had thought at the time to make a scrub shirt for myself and as you can see that never happened! So on this cruise to Alaska a 'Hawaii' style shirt for my hubby. This shirt was at the Iditarod store in Wassail when we were there in 2008. They were selling for around $75 at the time.

Good day everyone ! Slowly getting back to sewing. Retired 8 weeks ago and I might just have more ‘time’. Question about bottom holes (I hate them, but did a trial run with snaps and they didn’t stay in the fabric of the test shirt) Did some practice button holes, the first section looks beautiful, bar tack and then go back up and this is where the stitches are not uniform. Can you direct me to more information for troubleshooting the issue? Machine is a Kenmore 12 Stitch - my college graduation gift all those years ago. Thank you front and back of first attempt Front and back of second trial 👇🏻