Second Week Costume Store (19-23 March) Review

Monday, 19th March: Against Dexter's advice, the week before I brought home my shirt to work on it so that I didn't get behind, but ended up putting myself behind anyway because I got green dye on my sleeves and accidentally trimmed into my seam allowance around the neckline whilst attaching the placket, so Monday morning I got to Studio One bright and early to re-cut my shirt front, placket and sleeves. Here's the step-by-step of how I put the shirt together:

Tack the CF line, place, pin and sew placket 1.2cm either side of CF line

Cut down CF along tacked line, turn over toward center, press

Turn under, tack down, top stitch 1mm away from edge *remember to cut seam allowances accurately and straight because the fabric is semi-transparent*

Next, finger-roll the edges of the cuff slit twice and sew a dart at the top to finish it off.

Then to finish off my day Monday, I sewed the cuffs together and pinned them to the sleeve.

Wednesday, 21 March: I started the day by sewing the cuffs to the sleeves and top-stitching the cuffs, finishing the sleeves, ready to attach to the shirt body.

Then, I attached the front of the shirt to the back at the shoulder and side seams, pressed the seam together toward the back and overlocked it to 1cm; then I attached the sleeve, matching the notches and headpoint to shoulder

Here's all the finished inside seams around the shoulder, sleeve and sides:

And a nearly finished front:

All that is left is the collar, which I had every intention of finishing Friday, but after pinning and sewing it four times I gave up because I was too frustrated, and tired from working on Battle for the Winds all day, which I hadn't expected to be doing, but will explain in my next post...