Finished - a Negroni that will blow your mind....

I wish that I could attach a little sound bite to this post. I feel it deserves a little electric guitar lick - just a few notes; it's that kind of garment.....

It's glamping and festival time at Chez Tragic, which can only mean one thing - a novelty shirt for the husband. Before Christmas I was perusing the internet looking for homoerotic cowboy fabric (as one does) when I happened upon Voodoo Rabbit, a fabric store based in Brisbane, specialising in rockabilly, vintage reproduction and Day of the Dead fabrics. My beloved was perusing over my shoulder, and an Alexander Henry design called Mindblowers caught his eye. This, my friends, is what happens when men go fabric shopping.....

It's had to say no when one has a floor-to-ceiling cupboard full of fabrics for oneself..... I'd been meaning to make him up the Colette Patterns Negroni since forever, and now I had some motivation. The pattern itself was very straightforward - it was very similar to the Aloha Shirt I made him last year, sort of a camp-shirt style, with a one-piece collar. I was able to squeeze it out of 2 metres of fabric - just.  I had to piece the yoke lining and the undercollar, and miss out on pockets. I can't remember the last time I made something and literally had only tiny scraps left. Highly satisfying! 

Here's a close-up of the merry fellows decorating my husband's shirt. 

I think this guy's my favourite. Skull cogs - they get me every time!

I made a size large, which matched up very well with one of his RTW shirts in a similar size. Damn men. No adjustments, no fitting. Straight out of the packet. The only thing I changed was to hem the sleeves and hem a little shorter, and leave off the silly collar button loop. I flat felled the armscyes, which will be precious time I will never get back again. The side seams I frenched as I couldn't be arsed more flat felling was short on time. 

Fit is perfect! Look at him! So cute! I was given the opportunity for one photo. ONE. So it's a little blurry. The Mindblowers debuted this weekend just gone, on our now-annual Australia Day glamping trip. I was able to sneak a few more pics as we set up Sunny and the glamp site:

Despite some mediocre weather we had a great weekend away. Our parents kindly gave us some Christmas cash for a new tent/awning specifically designed to attach to a Kombi - our old one is canvas, heavy, difficult to set up and not exactly waterproof anymore. This one is fantastic - it even has a little inner calico sleeping pod:

Sometimes we sleep in Sunny, but if it's hot or we are staying more than a couple of nights it's worth taking the airbed and getting a better nights sleep.

I'll leave you with this image of a bunch of thirty-somethings frolicking in the sun.