When I ran out of fabric, my boyfriend went out and got another 2 yards. I just had the yokes to cut out. As I was cutting them I thought, "This fabric sure seems smoother." It was the same color (natural) but just felt a bit different. I chalked it up to not being pre-shrunk, and maybe a bit of sizing in there. So I cut it out and carried on. But he had grabbed the wrong bolt of fabric. I recall they had about 5 off-white linens, and I guess they were not all the same.
When my boyfriend dyed it red, the smoother fabric took the dye differently. The yoke is definitely lighter that the rest. But we lucked out. It looks like a more complicated two-toned shirt. It wouldn't have looked so good if the back yoke was the old fabric and the front yoke was the new fabric. Now it looks like I meant to do that.
The other frustrating thing was I used white thread for both, but one spool must have been cotton and the other polyester, because the threads on the red shirt resisted the dye and stayed white. My boyfriend said it didn't matter to him. The inner seamstress in me is crying though. You can't really tell in this photo though because of the shadows. But he's already left to the event so I can't take another photo.
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