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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Guess What Time of Year It Is?

From September thru the end of January it's Hunting Season at our house.  I'm not a big hunter but I love going to the camp, taking care of the "guys".  Cooking, cleaning, watching unlimited antenna TV, read a book or two or just sit in the sun and enjoy the cooler weather!

Girl M. is a hunter.  She'll hunt with her Dad if it's not too cold.  This year we moved hunting leases from outside Opelika, AL to Lumpkin, GA.  We've seen a lot more deer tracks this year so wish them luck!

I still wear a skirt when we go hunting so to fit in a little more, and maybe even sit with Dear Hubby a day or two in a tree stand I made myself some tops.............

I thought a camouflage dress was a little too much so I made two long sleeve shirts, one short sleeve shirt and re-fashioned a neon orange sweatshirt into a cardigan!

I used my TNT cap sleeve shirt pattern for the short sleeve t-shirt.

Camouflage Knit Cap Sleeve T-shirt

Camouflage Knit Cap Sleeve T-shirt
 I used my TNT tank top pattern for the long sleeve and my sleeve sloper template.  Banded the neck and serged the bottom hem and turned up and stitched. EASY!


Camouflage Knit  Long Sleeve T-shirt


Camouflage Knit  Long Sleeve T-shirt-Neck Band
 I ran out of camouflage fabric to finish the back so I just used 1/2 yard of black ponte knit I had on hand. 

Camouflage Knit  Long Sleeve T-shirt


Camouflage Knit  Long Sleeve T-shirt-Back View


Camouflage Knit  Long Sleeve T-shirt-Side View
 A purchased sweatshirt at Wal-Mart for $7.48.  I found the center front, cut up the middle, serged the two seams, turned and stitched.  I don't care for pullover sweatshirts so I just made mine into a cardigan.  The sleeves are very big on me but I can wear layers under so I just left it.

The cardigan looks wonky on the dressform, I was in a hurry to snap a few pictures before I packed up for our trip.

Hunter Safety Orange Sweatshirt Cardigan

 I must have had this fabric for a while, it was folded inside out so I never saw the camouflage, just the grey/white backing.  I found it while looking for something else!


Camouflage Knit Fabric Tag
 I used 1/2 yard of the ponte knit fabric for the back of one of the long sleeve t-shirts.


Ponte Knit Fabric Tag
The shirts ended up costing me $3.97 each.  That's a pretty good deal!

I'm off to sit in a shoot house and read a book for a few days!

Until next time.......................

Bonnie

2 comments:

  1. Well you've certainly got a lot of "bang" for your "buck". Good looking shirts. I hope the hunting is/was productive.

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  2. Well you've certainly got a lot of "bang" for your "buck". Good looking shirts. I hope the hunting is/was productive.

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