My dad likes trains. (Remember the ornament I made him last Christmas?) He doesn’t try to fit them in his mouth like Sheldon Cooper, true, but then, he tends to display more common sense. Anyway, I had it in my head that he needed a new shirt with some nifty railway logo stitched on the pocket, and I eventually decided on a little red caboose designed by Jan Altizer – though apparently this design is only available on the CD, and not individually. Bummer.
I was originally looking for a denim shirt to deface….uh, I mean, enhance…but when I saw this one, vaguely reminiscent of an engineer’s hat, I knew I had found my blank canvas.
I swear it’s not that psychedelic in real life. Methinks that fine striping, drapey fabric, and camera flashes don’t mix as nicely as I’d like them to.
That’s a little more true-to-life (look at the shirt, not the pocket).
I took the pocket off the shirt to stitch, then, using waste canvas and a sharp embroidery needle, I managed to get my design on almost straight and centered, before reattaching the pocket.
Thank heavens it fits. There’s no way I could return it to the store now.
The Witty Child 