Completed Refashioned Men's Polo Shirt

男性用ポロシャツのリサイクルTシャツ出来上がり。
首周りのバンドはポロシャツの袖についていたリブニットを再利用。
裾も元のポロシャツの裾を使っているので縫う必要なし。
飾りに胸ポケットをつけてみたけど、位置がちょっと端過ぎたかな。

My men's polo shirt refashion T-shirt is completed. I wore it all day on Sunday, and I think this is a keeper.

The pattern is Maria Denmark Kirsten Kimono Tee.
I made it before with cotton/Lycra jersey, but since this time I am using a pretty stable polo shirt fabric, I made some changes.

This time, I cut the pattern at size Medium line (the pattern has no seam allowance, FYI) at the side and size Small at the neck, then used 1/4" seam allowance to serge. This increase in size on the width allowed enough ease, since the pattern is drafted with zero- or negative ease at the bust.

I kept the original polo shirt hem, and used the polo shirt's ribbing on the sleeve for the neck band.

What I did not like about the shirt in my previous version was how the sleeves kind of stuck out. So I lengthened the shoulder/sleeve by about 2" and also curved the shoulder slope down a bit. Now my sleeves drape down nicely.

The shirt was pretty plain, so I added a small pocket (used the Cake Patterns' The Tee for pocket template), and used pink thread for top stitching. I used the coverstitch machine for pocket so the pivoting at the corner isn't perfect.

Now that I have made 2 of this pattern, maybe next time when I have an extra large T-shirt or some scrap fabric, I will try Cake Patterns' The Tee pattern to see how the two are different.