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Thanks Red, I'm deliberating on a fabric. My popular Route 66 shirt has had too many wears and washes, it's still looking good though, just a little faded. Tina says that Alexander Henry, the fabric manufacturer, has brought out a Route 66 black background. Here's us in the familiar shirt and then a swatch of the new fabric. Anyone have any thoughts?
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The more I look at it, the more I would love a shirt from that material. If I had the $$$, I would try my darndest to offer enough $$$ to your lovely Tina to make me one!

Can you imagine cruising Route 66 in a classic car wearing that shirt!??! Bucket list dreams....
 

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We are getting packed up ready to go to the Goodwood Revival. So today it has to be the MG shirt. I've posted it before but the work that went into it makes it deserve another airing. Tina found the fabric, it's been screen printed which, disappointingly, has a faded appearance. No matter. While she was making the shirt I had MG lapel pins turned into buttons, a process that took as long to do as the shirt did to make. You will see from the photos, the work in progress, a close up of the detail, the buttons, Esther's finest effort that is the hat and the shoes. Oh, and the finished product.
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Thanks Red, I'm deliberating on a fabric. My popular Route 66 shirt has had too many wears and washes, it's still looking good though, just a little faded. Tina says that Alexander Henry, the fabric manufacturer, has brought out a Route 66 black background. Here's us in the familiar shirt and then a swatch of the new fabric. Anyone have any thoughts?
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Any thoughts? I want one.
 

Samuel

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We are getting packed up ready to go to the Goodwood Revival. So today it has to be the MG shirt. I've posted it before but the work that went into it makes it deserve another airing. Tina found the fabric, it's been screen printed which, disappointingly, has a faded appearance. No matter. While she was making the shirt I had MG lapel pins turned into buttons, a process that took as long to do as the shirt did to make. You will see from the photos, the work in progress, a close up of the detail, the buttons, Esther's finest effort that is the hat and the shoes. Oh, and the finished product.
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Those shoes though...bomb!
 
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We are getting packed up ready to go to the Goodwood Revival. So today it has to be the MG shirt. I've posted it before but the work that went into it makes it deserve another airing. Tina found the fabric, it's been screen printed which, disappointingly, has a faded appearance. No matter. While she was making the shirt I had MG lapel pins turned into buttons, a process that took as long to do as the shirt did to make. You will see from the photos, the work in progress, a close up of the detail, the buttons, Esther's finest effort that is the hat and the shoes. Oh, and the finished product.
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I don't think I've seen the MG buttons before. They are the cherry on top for sure. Makes me want to do the same thing, although my wife is not as skilled as yours (shhhh, don't let her hear that...) I think Mercedes Benz fabric and my collection of pins might be just the ticket.
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...Tina found the fabric, it's been screen printed which, disappointingly, has a faded appearance...
In this case I think the "faded" appearance actually works in it's favor. The overall design is more subtle, like pencil sketches rather than the harsh bright colors of a computer-generated computer-printed "Hey, look at me!" poster found on the bedroom wall of a young car enthusiast.
 

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I don't think I've seen the MG buttons before. They are the cherry on top for sure. Makes me want to do the same thing, although my wife is not as skilled as yours (shhhh, don't let her hear that...) I think Mercedes Benz fabric and my collection of pins might be just the ticket.
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Red, you can't touch your pin collection, it would be a sacrilege. What you could do though, is buy a set of Mercedes lapel pins. I've found three different sorts. My guess is that the first two would be too big to double up as buttons but the third would be ideal. And I have found a wonderful fabric too, it depicts a Mercedes from the very early days of motoring. Do come back and show us the result.
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In this case I think the "faded" appearance actually works in it's favor. The overall design is more subtle, like pencil sketches rather than the harsh bright colors of a computer-generated computer-printed "Hey, look at me!" poster found on the bedroom wall of a young car enthusiast.
Thank you for such a kind compliment. It would seem that MG enthusiasts share your observation. The shirt went down so well at The Goodwood Revival.
 
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Red, you can't touch your pin collection, it would be a sacrilege. What you could do though, is buy a set of Mercedes lapel pins. I've found three different sorts. My guess is that the first two would be too big to double up as buttons but the third would be ideal. And I have found a wonderful fabric too, it depicts a Mercedes from the very early days of motoring. Do come back and show us the result.
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Thank you for such a kind compliment. It would seem that MG enthusiasts share your observation. The shirt went down so well at The Goodwood Revival.
I agree, the black lapel pins would make a great set of buttons. I have one of this style, a little large for a button though. But that fabric! I could just get a few yards and wear it as a toga! Now there is a image you don't need in your head...
 

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Remember this shirt?
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You guys are so complimentary about Tina's work, and about the shirts that she has made. This company sells shirts like mine, they are probably not hand made, but they do look to be good value.
http://www.alohaland.com/pinup-girls-guys/senoritas
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http://www.alohaland.com/pinup-girls-guys/black-woody-girls
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http://www.alohaland.com/pinup-girls-guys/green-nature-girl
There's quite a collection to trawl through, as yet, I haven't come across the popular: Route 66, but if you find it, do share.
 

RJR

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Remember this shirt?
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You guys are so complimentary about Tina's work, and about the shirts that she has made. This company sells shirts like mine, they are probably not hand made, but they do look to be good value.
http://www.alohaland.com/pinup-girls-guys/senoritas
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http://www.alohaland.com/pinup-girls-guys/black-woody-girls
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http://www.alohaland.com/pinup-girls-guys/green-nature-girl
There's quite a collection to trawl through, as yet, I haven't come across the popular: Route 66, but if you find it, do share.
Thanks.
 
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Albany Oregon
Remember this shirt?
View attachment 86283
You guys are so complimentary about Tina's work, and about the shirts that she has made. This company sells shirts like mine, they are probably not hand made, but they do look to be good value.
http://www.alohaland.com/pinup-girls-guys/senoritas
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http://www.alohaland.com/pinup-girls-guys/black-woody-girls
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http://www.alohaland.com/pinup-girls-guys/green-nature-girl
There's quite a collection to trawl through, as yet, I haven't come across the popular: Route 66, but if you find it, do share.
Bookmarked. Thanks.
 

GHT

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Hold on to the loud Hawaiian shirts as long as you can. It helps people remember the days of summer as the weather turns. Great look!
Great compliment, thank you. But LOUD shirts, me? Dear oh dear, whatever next? October the witchy month culminating in Halloween. What to wear? What to wear?
Think Redfokker, think loud. Shirt by Tina, hats by Esther. Loud enough Red?
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GHT

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Do you remember our friend, Gary's shirt? Tina told me last night that she has, with great care, sewn the off-cuts together using the blind stitcher, it's a gizmo for creating an invisible thread. She now has enough fabric to reproduce most of that shirt. Front panels, pocket, collar and yoke. The yoke is the panel across the shoulders. The rest of the back and the sleeves will be in matching plain blue. Lucky me, watch this space guys.
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