Sunday 27 May 2012

Shirt No 2/10 - I am on a mission

Ok readers I am on a mission.  You know that recently I made my D Mike a shirt for is birthday,  and the week before he purchased a very expensive shirt from a local shop, well I said to him, "do you realise that 10 shirts at that price = 1 Chanel handbag.  So, there were some giggles (nervous ones from Mike I think) and, well how can I put it, we have a deal..............(excited is an understatement).

Now I am just a little bit motivated you understand, but I also want to make changes to the pattern and each shirt as I go along.

I am using the same Kwik Sew 3883 pattern but made changes for each shirt I made.

For the first shirt I copied a RTW French Cuff/turn back cuff and replaced the simple cuff provided by Kwik Sew.  I also embroidered the monogram on the cuff.

For this shirt, Mike wanted collar stays, plus I used a white cotton for the inside yoke and collar stand, and cuffs to give a contrasting look.

The fabric is quite a heavy weight linen mix, but has sewn really nicely.


For the collar stays I used an existing RTW shirt to draw my pattern template.  You can see my pattern template overlaid on the existing under collar pattern piece.

Cut your normal under collar and then cut two of the collar stay pieces, (you need one for each end).

Place the collar stay pattern piece on the under collar and use it as a template to mark and press under the diagonal line on the under collar.  Now take your new collar stay piece, and basically fill in the gap you have just created and stitch the under collar to the collar stay piece.  This allows you to create a channel for the metal stay to be inserted (see picture below for stitching lines).  Now construct your collar in the normal way.

If anyone is interested, let me know and I'll do a tutorial later - I didn't really have enough time today.


No. 3/10 is nearly finished ( I was only going to cut it out but got carried away).  No.3/10 also has some more modifications to the standard pattern but I will show you that later on.  Back to the workshop...........

Catch you later.............


10 comments:

  1. So, two down, eight to go and then you get your handbag, right?? Fantastic deal!
    Love this lilac shirt, and since it is a linen blend, must feel fantastic too. Excellent job, yet again!

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    1. Yes exactly - Mike said he is getting palpitations ha ha, but I said it may be another month or more before we get there.

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  2. Nice deal, Mike has 10 beautiful, original shirts, and you a Chanel handbag. Excellent shirt!

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    1. Yes, but somehow I don't think I will get it before I come out - but you never know ha ha

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  3. wow, fantastic deal.. the shirt is exquisite and the monogram make it very special

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  4. Ten shirts? You will be so beyond capable in the area of making men's shirts. I think that is fabulous. Maybe that is how we need to learn to sew, ten skirts, ten pants, ten..... I think that would be a terrific way to increase skills. Hmmmmm.....

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  5. I really love the shirt. All of the nice, expensive touches really put it over the top. When you get time, I woud love to see a tutorial on collar stays.

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    1. ok, will add it to my to-do list - I'll try and take lots of photos or even a movie to show you how.

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  6. This shirt is amazing...I'm not surprised he agreed to that deal. Don't forget to share pictures of the bag when you get it.

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