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Made By A Fabricista: Twinning with my Bestie

This month I was sewing for TWO!  No! I’m not pregnant! Most of the time I guess I’m a selfish sewer. So after my husband asking for the millionth time for me to make something for him I did! Of course I got extra fabric just in case and at the last second I could make something for me too (I really did sew my shirt together at the last second). He had been asking for a button down shirt so I obliged. Let’s get into the details, shall we? I found the perfect fabric for shirt making. It was the Yale Blue 100% Cotton Chambray.  It was the the perfect weight and the right color for Tim.  I already had brown buttons in my stash so I used those on both of our shirts.  I was going for a more causal button down shirt feel and I think the brown buttons added to that.  Tim’s shirt was made using the Thread Theory Fairfield Button Up pattern.  Thread Theory was a new pattern company for me and I was really pleased with the drafting and the instructions.  One thi...