Remember that collar? The Hot Patterns notched collar that rated a nine-page thread on PatternReview and a very fine tutorial on Off the Cuff? The one that defeated me and destroyed a perfectly nice rayon Dolman Blouse?
Bwahaha!
At least, half a bwahaha. The good part is that with the aid of that tutorial, I got a half-decent looking version of this collar done.
The bad news is that I somehow managed to attach it to the wrong side of the shirt - a muslin mock-shirt, so there's no tragedy there. I'm just startled that I managed to get the whole thing constructed and half of it pressed before I realized that it was wrong side around.
But all the same, I proudly clothed a pillow with the result (I only cut the shirt pieces down to the middle upper arm, because the collar is all I care about) and present a photo, above. I should now be able to produce an adequate Hot Patterns Plain & Simple Princess Shirt. At least, if I can remember to put the collar on the correct side.
Bwahaha!
Photo: Mine.
I admire your dressmaking determination and thought "That 'bad news' rings a bell!"
ReplyDeleteI'm not experienced at making clothes but took it upon myself to convert a lovely Liberty-print "sew it yourself" cotton skirt to make a tunic, using an old t-shirt in the exact right shade of red to make full sleeves. Then I trimmed and attached the sleeves the wrong way up, so the seams show uppermost on the arms. And then I bodged finishing the collar for good measure. Result: a tunic only fit for wearing at home. Ah me!
So keep on going as you're doing better than me!
cheerio, Anna in Edinburgh
If it makes you feel any better, I once sewed the back half of a pair of pants, onto the front half, inside out (three times in a row). Those pants sucked anyway.
ReplyDeleteHey, Anna! Oh, dear. Though if it was wearable even at home, that's not a complete failure; most of my failures wouldn't be wearable at all.
ReplyDeleteYo, Kyle! More oh, dear. I think that pants sometimes set out to hypnotize. I've never made any for wearing outside the house, but even for pajamas I've found that I actually have to machine-baste almost every seam before really sewing it, or I _will_ be ripping out a seam. (I end up ripping out a basted seam or two, still, but at least that's a lot easier.)
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