Shorts set

Pat,

I'm not a golfer, but from observing DH I'm wondering if a pocket in your shirt might tend to get in the way of your swing, in a way that a pants pocket wouldn't?

Ann Person's book "Stretch & Sew Guide to Sewing on Knits" has great illustrated directions for adding a pocket, or pockets, to pants that have no side seam. The method looks basically like putting a welt pocket in a jacket, except in the pants it's vertical rather than horizontal. If you happen to have the book, you might check it out.

Doreen in Alabama

What about a "movable pocket?" Mary Mulari does these. It's basically a pocket with some type of closure at the top, like a zipper. Then a band with button holes or loops at the very top. Then you put buttons on your shirt, shorts, wherever you want. That allows you to button on the pocket wherever you want it. In her book (Accessories with Style) she even talks about using shank buttons. Those can be safety pinned to your garment so you can move the pockets even easier. Oh and the zipper on the pocket keeps things secure in there since the pocket is outside the garment and could flop around.

Too, what kind of shirt? T-shirt shape or camp shirt shape? buttons on front? Oh and "hanky" pocket or "extra golf ball" pocket?

And you might not be anticipating warm weather by too much! Hasn't this just been the weirdest weather? We've had a couple days here lately that would have been warm enough for shorts in the afternoon. The little gal from Indiana is just so confused by this weather. lol

Sharon

Patch pockets are quick and not at all dirty, if you use a template to press the turned-under edges. In knits, I like to round the two lower corners. On an outfit as lovely as the one you describe, I would sew them on by hand, with spaced backstitch.

If you do put a pocket on the shirt, put it a couple of inches forward of where the side seam would have been.

All my T-shirts have two pockets near the hem in front. Since you golf, you may be able to get away with putting them where they would be on a man's shirt. One of my cycling jerseys has the front pockets -- one pocket divided into two -- centered just under the neckline. (One advantage of aging: there is plenty of room for a pocket

*above* the bust shaping!) I like this better than the older shirts with one pocket on each shoulder.

Joy Beeson

Thanks for the suggestion. I am dying laughing with the mental picture of a golf ball in that chest pocket!!! LOLOLOLOL.............but I think I will go with the patch pocket on the T-shirt.........would be decorative, and all the lilttle tees and markers won't fall out when I bend over. I will still need to relieve the tail of the T-shirt because it is one of those unisex sizes that is long, but snug at the bottom. So a very simple bias bound placket is the way to go I think.........Thanks to all for the great ideas!!!

I'm *in* Indiana -- northern Indiana at that, and shorts were spotted yesterday.

On college girls, though.

The ice fishermen have resorted to using boats.

For those who *do* want humongous pockets:

Beeson