A lot of fun creating Saharan shirts using Brian building block
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2 more, very different.
Sewed in dyed old or new old bed sheets, in a linen and cotton mix. Top quality and very comfortable fabrics. Plenty of those bedsheets still in cupboards and cheaply available on the internet.
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You have a style and you rock it!
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Love the contrasting elements and marvelous stitching. Touché
The corresponding reversible bucket hat. If anyone is interested by creating their own, I have developped a speadsheet to generate pattern measurement and I am happy to share it. Being a retired lawyer I do not have the coding skill required to create a design
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No cartridges holder but Glasses / Pens Holders instead
Saharan shirts / safari jackets have a military origin and originals included a cartridges holder. Being a civilian and not a big game hunter 
, but wanting to stay close to the origin, I adopted the idea to more common uses.
- Very convenient for holding sun or corrective glasses
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Very easy to sew with most machine having semi-automatic button holes
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Slots for pen need the additional pocket below to ensure pens are not falling through.
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I like the look of that hat! Would you be open to a collaboration for turning it into a FreeSewing design?
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Hi Anna. Of course. Lets discuss it over Whatsapp (redacted by moderator). Anytime beetween 12am - 2pm.
I have redacted your phone number in your most recent reply @bibigab
This forum is public, and there were concerns you might not have realized that.
Tks Joost. No real issue but I appreciate your concern. I just need to see how to send the lady a private message.
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Got it… stupid of me… 
This week work: A more classic version, except maybe the color 
, with epaulettes. Mid season, with lining. Lining was a bit of a challenge (my first on a shirt), but still ok. With two darts at the back.
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Those adapted cartridge holders are interesting. Are their sizes fixed somehow, or are you free to enlarge one and shrink another?
I’ve also experimented recently with load-carrying adapted from the military: the MOLLE system and PALS grid. I haven’t used it on a garment yet, but I like the way it works for attaching zipper pouches to my sewing tool roll.
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Those eyeglass loops are a neat idea. I have some otherwise nice sportshirts that are pocketless, with no matching fabric to make a pocket. I need reader eyeglasses, though, so I thought about sewing a simply white loop (like a hanger loop inside a collar) where the pocket would go, so I could have my glasses at the ready. This is another possibility.