Last month, I wrote about researching an upcoming shirt project. Well, I made the shirt a few weeks ago, and I am so happy with it! I used Garsault's instructions from L'art du tailleur , which La Couturiere Parisienne graciously shared on http://www.marquise.de/en/1700/howto/maenner/18hemd.shtml. I followed these instructions pretty closely since I am not yet familiar enough to sew on the fly, but I would really like to study several original shirts. La Couturiere Parisienne made the instructions very easy to follow, but there is a feature of Garsault's approach that I and my customer both disliked. The neck gusset is set into the shoulder strap instead of the shoulder strap. I'll illustrate with pictures below. It's fine for now, but next time I'll do it differently. Narrow rolled hem edge on the neck slit, plus the reinforcement heart as per Garsault's version The neckline is stroke gathered to the collar, while the neck gusset and shoul
Kaela.. You are amazing.. I loved this. As you know I love hand stitching .but certainly too hot this summer to quilt.. I should learn to tat so I can carry it.. Maybe some lessons someday... Hard to find good wool miss your smile barb
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DeleteI need you to teach me how to do buttonholes! They are simply awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! If you live anywhere near Pittsburgh or Buffalo, I could teach you!
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