Meanwhile, I'm thinking about various stash fabrics for the shirt (which I'll use as an excuse to draft and test sleeves):
- Dark green cotton sateen. There isn't much of this, so it would have to be short-sleeved. Not a bad fabric, but maybe I should save it for something sleeveless.
- Ecru oxford. Traditional shirt fabric, and there's a lot of it. I think it might need a pattern with some details; otherwise it could be boring.
- Shirting with a geometric jacquard pattern. This is more interesting, so it would need a plainer pattern, and the pattern would probably need to be matched.
- Various linens. These would make the most sense for something short-sleeved.
- Silk shantung and silk broadcloth. I know, silk is generally regarded as the sort of thing for which you make a muslin, rather than using for a muslin, but I haven't sewn these because in all honesty I have little apparent use for them in my life. That said, if there are any fit issues, these fabrics will magnify them.
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