Blanket shirt pattern needed

[wayne1967]

I was wanting to try to make a pullover shirt with a drawstring neck kind of like LaClair's. What would be the closest pattern to it?

 

[davemcg]

Wayne,

I don't know about your reference to LaClair, but I just used the same 4 gusset pattern I use for my other cloth shirts, I got it out of the BOB #3 I think it was. Also I think the book Rural Pennsylvannia Clothing has a pattern in there as well.

Hope this helps somewhat

 

[wayne1967]

I can not find any pics of one without Mr. LaClair in it so I am not going to post a pic. Looks to be just a square cut shirt made out of a wool blanket. Cut long with a string tie neck kind of like a chemise.

 

[davemcg]

I guess I should have admitted that I don't know who LaClair was.
I would think though that the square cut 4 gusset style should work, as far as I know that was pretty much "the standard" from the early 1700s to mid 1800s.
Collar and cuff styles changed but the basic shirt stayed pretty consistant.

As I said I didn't really use a pattern, just instructions out of the Book of Buckskinning, Rural Penn. Clothing has the same info, also a little book called THE HISTORY OF UNDERCLOTHES is pretty cool and has some good info on shirts, for mine I just used a Brit. surplus hospital blanket, it's white and a nice shirt weight.

You might try these guys for a pattern, make a pratice one out of an old sheet or something before you start cutting up you blanket. Good luck! http://www.kannikskorner.com/home.htm

 

[El Lobo]

Hi Wayne. I am sewing my first blanket shirt right now. I am using the NW Traders pattern. There are 5 pieces in this pattern: front, back, collar and two sleeves. I bought a cheap acrylic blanket at Goodwill to do this first sort of practice shirt. I have a nice wool blanket to make the final shirt. Here is a picture of the NW Traders shirt.

Good luck with your project.

 

[wayne1967]

El Lobo, is that pattern tailored cut at the shoulder or is it just square cut? With the square cut I was wandering if the shoulders would stand up like a linebackers instead of falling over the shoulder because of the thickness.

 

[paulvallandigham]

For patterns, check Crazy Crow, and also Dixie Gun Works.They have patterns for just about everything.

 

[El Lobo]

It is tailored at the shoulder. I have been too busy with the home remodel to get back to it the past couple of weeks, but I will post a photo when I get it done.

 

[wayne1967]

I ended up just making a drop sleeve patterned like the chemise in the French Marine sketchbook.

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