The final Fabscrap sample garment I creatively mended was my favorite of the four, this red, white and blue flannel men's shirt. I wear these instead of jackets in the winter, and I really wanted to fix it up so I could wear it during the holidays. It's beautifully finished, but missing part of one sleeve.
I was briefly tempted to use another flannel sleeve I'd gotten in a scrap pack to repair the shirt, but as you can see the colors don't match. Also, the point of mending these garments is to finish them properly.
So I cut off the other sleeve to match the length of it to the shorter one.
I always have to roll up the sleeves of the flannel shirts I wear, so I decided to use the cut-off sleeve portion to make new cuffs for both sleeves.
I had to use almost every scrap of the trimmed fabric piece to make both cuffs, so that worked out nicely in a repurposing sense.
The finished garment.
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