Golfing Polo

During my pregnancy, while my body is constantly changing, I've found it most rewarding to sew for my husband and eagerly anticipated baby. It's especially fun to sew for Paul because I can easily fit items on him throughout the process making the final garment one we're both really happy with.

This spring I made a Pacific Pullover for myself out of pique from Minerva and had a fair amount of fabric leftover. I liked the idea of Paul and I being able to wear coordinating outfits on the golf course, one of our favorite hobbies to do together, so I purchased the digital Jalie 3137 Polo Shirt for Boys and Men and got to work! I wanted to make the polo right away so I printed the pattern on printer paper at home and taped it together, my least favorite but admittedly the quickest way to get a pattern.

I took Paul's measurements and, given how stiff the printer paper was, cut a straight size "X" because it fit his largest measurements. Once cut out I pinned the main garment pieces together and fit the polo to Paul. It was a bit too big on him through the chest and waist so I removed 3/4" out of both side seams at the chest and waist, close to size "U", then graded back to size "X" at the hips. The shoulder seams fell a bit too far down his shoulders so I removed 1/4" at the top of the armscye, at size "W", and graded out to a size "X" before the bottom of the armscye. The last major adjustment Paul requested was to make the sleeves more fitted. I removed 1 1/8" at the top of the sleeve seam and graded to 1" at the bottom of the sleeve seam. Getting the look he wanted while leaving enough ease to play golf in the top was a balancing act since the pique has such little stretch.