"Please try it on Edward. I have to see if it fits before

 I sew the final seams."

"Well I thank you Mary Ann - this fits just right."

"Do you like the colors, Ed? I thought the black and grey check was too strong, but James said it would go with your grey eyes and black hair."

Flannel checks became popular in Oregon with loggers
and trappers and then cowboys and farmers.

"Aww, Mary Ann, I'm not a girl. Don't fuss -- it's a good shirt for working or for wearing into town. It's nice enough to wear to church, even. I'm grateful, but I'll never know how you figured out the pattern from that rag you took away from me after I split it up the back, working on your cabin."

"Secrets of the seamstress Edward. I'm so happy you like it. Do you think you could steal away one of father's shirts without him noticing? I need a pattern for size, and I'd like to surprise him with a new shirt."

"That would be easy, Mary Ann. Leave it to me."