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Also called a Mexican Wedding Shirt, my husband and I grew up seeing these traditional Latin-American shirts in South Texas. I started with a basic boy’s button up shirt pattern and drafted all the detailed curves and pockets myself.
A traditional Guayabera is pastel colored and has tiny pleats instead of embroidery. My son wanted red and I decided to go with embroidery since I’ve often seen it on modern Guayabera’s and I thought it would be easier.
My son picked the race car buttons and the shapes he wanted on the embroidery. I’m not sure I like how the buttons look, but he sure does!
Material Notes
cotton broadcloth
Difficulty
Intermediate
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May 12, 2011, 08.35 PMby tamezdc
Adorable shirt! Did you use a pattern?
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May 14, 2011, 06.09 AMby dcollins45
I used a vintage Simplicity pattern, 6427. It’s actually a boy’s pajama pattern with a basic button up shirt. I drafted the additions (the shoulder yoke, the bottom part, and the pocket tops) by laying out the shirt pattern pieces under tracing paper and drawing what I wanted over them with a design ruler, then adding seam allowances to my new pieces.
If you try it, don’t forget to overlap the front and back shirt pieces to allow for the seam allowance in the shoulder. I didn’t, and the shoulder yoke almost didn’t reach far enough to fit under the collar. I got away with it, but just barely.
May 10, 2011, 02.03 PMby laurenp
This is so good! Looks beautifully made.
May 10, 2011, 11.05 AMby farahajh
This is very cute. I love the colour and the buttons, that boy knows what he likes!