2025 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

itsthelittlethings

Gosh Cherryfudge - how annoying! I should be quite tempted to whack him every time I saw him tucking his shirt in! Once a day will do. The only thing I can think of is to repurpose for cleaning clothes or patch with something sturdy. If it’s at the back where he’s tucking it is it won’t be visible so you could get away with quite a garish patch! Tell him to keep his jacket on. On hot days he can wear his best shirts - not that I think we will really have any hot days for a while.

PipneyJane

Cherryfudge said:

Sorry to veer off-topic, but I'm hoping your collective knowledge and imagination might come up with a way of saving/repurposing some shirts.

My husband loves linen shirts but seems to be rather too vigorous about tucking them in, so there are now three with a hole in the shirt tail! Of course that means wear and tear on the surrounding fabric, so unless back-baring shirts become the fashion, they won't be worn again. The top half of the backs seems okay, and so does the rest of each shirt.

Any bright ideas how to deal with this? Either to make them re-wearable or to repurpose the fabric? They are all different colours so I can't use one to patch another.

P.S. My son's lovely partner seems to have fixed my sewing machine! For years I've struggled with it and it seems it left the factory over-tightened in several places. It's now making even stitches without loops on the back. I might even be able to use it to sew shirts!

@Cherryfudge, please share some photos of the shirt backs (maybe with a pillow stuffed inside for contrast), then we’ll be able to give you some guidance.

Also, remind me, how tall is your husband?  

- Pip