Another modification that can be made to the pocket is to add a pleat. This is known as an inverted pleat. On the wrong side, draw a solid vertical line down the pocket center. Fold the dotted line out towards the solid line. Repeat with the other side and then baste in place.
Even after all of these variations, there are still dozens more. Get in touch! Leave a comment or email editor nationalsewingcircle. Click here to cancel reply. A better way to get perfect corners and points is to pivot one stitch at the point at a 45 degree angle. It takes out a very small amount but makes ahuge difference when turning right side out. Yes, you are correct- that is a Porrofino or Turnback cuff. There are however, several varieties. A turnback cuff can be square or rounded, and the amount of angle can be altered to show more or less of the button area.
Hope this helps! Very informative articles. Thanks a bunch! Do you have a tutorial on this process. Hi Mary. By narrow the front band- do you mean make the under collar shorter and more narrow? If so, you can simply take away height from either the top or bottom of that pattern piece as long as you maintain the same shape and transfer all markings so everything still lines up with your upper collar and shirt neck edge. Thank you for your time. Making a collar larger can be pretty straight forward as well.
First, measure to see exactly how much you need to add to the collar. Find the center back of both the upper and under collar pattern pieces. They can now be cut out and constructed as normal. The next part of making the collar larger is that you also need to make the neck opening larger in the same amount so that everything still lines up. There are several ways this can be done. Depending on your shirt pattern, there may be two pleats somewhere in the back.
These would be the two areas I would add width to first. If you try to add it to the front and back shoulder seams you will then need to also enlarge the sleeve, which can be tricky. Thank you for the article. Four points; 1. I think a collar with a collar band is preferable to one without. I find it easier to sew it to the neck of the shirt without puckers, and it also sits better on the person. It is great to see the separated pieces like this, but in my experience the killer part of all of them is attaching them to the body of the shirt, and more especially of the attachment points at the edges which I think one of your other responders was referring to.
I am very rarely happy with the way my collar band sits right at that meeting point at the shirt front, or my cuffs at the sleeve placket edge. I am frequently told they are fine and I am too fussy, but they are definitely the weak point as far as I am concerned.
Any tips? But they too can be tricky. There are lots of variations on these. Any good ideas you have had? Janet Pray teaches sewing industry techniques for fast and efficient sewing.
In this case her techniques will allow you to sew a button down shirt with no pins and under 3 hours! I enjoyed this class very much. All the pictures from this post are from Pinterest.
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