The Vintage Hen & Chick
Make Do and Make Beautiful Vintage Tee | Sewing Shirt | Gift for Crafters
Make Do and Make Beautiful Vintage Tee | Sewing Shirt | Gift for Crafters
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Make do and make beautiful.
This one's for the women who never throw away a scrap without seeing what it could still become. The design lays out a proper mending kit — a wooden darning mushroom, patchwork squares stitched in floral fabric, a spool of cotton thread, safety pins, vintage buttons, ornate gold scissors, a horsehair brush, and a little book of needles and pins tied shut with ribbon. Nothing here was ever wasted, and nothing here ever will be. If you can turn a torn hem or a leftover scrap into something worth keeping, you know exactly what this shirt means.
Printed on Comfort Colors 1717 — a garment-dyed, pigment-dyed tee with that soft, broken-in feel right out of the wash. It only gets better with age, just like everything else you love.
✨ Why you'll love it:
- Heavyweight ringspun cotton with a soft, lived-in hand feel
- Garment-dyed for that faded, vintage-inspired look
- Relaxed, easy fit — comfortable for all-day wear
- Nostalgic sewing-notions illustration for the true make-do mender
- Perfect gift for a seamstress, mender, or grandmacore fan
Size up if you prefer a relaxed oversized fit!
Sizes S–4XL
.: Heavyweight fabric (6.1 oz/yd² (206.8 g/m²))
.: Relaxed fit
.: Pre-shrunk 100% ring-spun US cotton
.: Sewn-in label
| S | M | L | XL | 2XL | 3XL | 4XL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width, in | 18.25 | 20.25 | 22.00 | 24.00 | 26.00 | 27.75 | 29.75 |
| Length, in | 26.62 | 28.00 | 29.37 | 30.75 | 31.62 | 32.50 | 33.50 |
| Sleeve length from center back, in | 16.25 | 17.75 | 19.00 | 20.50 | 21.75 | 23.25 | 24.63 |
| Size tolerance, in | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 |
