Men's Dress Shirt
Denim Work Shirts – Vogue Mens 8096
Production sewing, yes, but this time for personal use:
Here’s the pattern I used Vogue men’s pattern 8096. Great pattern (but read on for a warning), well drafted, decent collar shape.
You can cut down the seam allowances where 5/8″ is not needed (collar and stand, pockets top and bottom of [...]
Separate Collars and Cuffs: Separate Reality
Found at Manolo for the Men
What a fantasy shirt! It’s available from the Thomas Pink website and I so want to order one.
Oh, I know intellectually how to sew a detachable collar: David Page Coffin discusses it in his book, Shirtmaking: Developing Skills for Fine Sewing . He’s even discussed it with me personally on a sewing board. But still, I want [...]
Collar Band Obsession
In contrast to the Overstock’s shirt, here’s my collar band. Note that I cut the band so that the plaid is on grain at the shirt fronts.
Now, that’s obsession.
RTW Shirt Collars and Stand
Here is a collar shape similar to the shape I used for a tie made with a Windsor Knot but the stripes on the collar band drives me nuts! BCBG Shirt for $19.99 At Overstocks.com. I don’t like the width of the collar. I like my proportions better. You will have to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )A Collar of Substance!
At last! a man’s dress shirt collar with enough shape and crispness to handle a rich silk tie with authority!
In the wear test the collar fit smoothly over the tie. The stand and collar did not buckle nor bind even though the fit is close around the neck. The collar points curve [...]
Final Draft Collar and Stand
I am showing you these shapes because I get lots of google hits with the question of “shapes for collars and stand”. So, here’s what I’m using today.
This is a custom cut of the stand for a shirt with a shallow back neck and wide and deep front neck. Here’s my darling in [...]
Collar Stand Drafted and Cut
I cut the collar stand so that the plaid would be on grain at the center front of the shirt fronts, meaning that there would be a seam at center back and the biasing of the fabric would occur in the back of the neck. Since I do not want biasing and stretching I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Pro-Woven Fusible Interfacing~SewExciting!
This is Pro-Woven Fusible interfacing from Pam Erny of http://sewexciting.blogspot.com, and also http://Off-the-Cuff-Style.blogspot.com. If you are making tailored dress shirts you need to give this source a serious test.
The shiny side is the adhesive. The adhesive is rolled on so the adhesive solidly covers the fabric. No bumps, and no prewashing necessary.
When you [...]
Fat Placket-Still Searching for the Perfect Interfacing
Man’s dress shirt, again.
I am ripping out the plackets on this new shirt. The interfacing I used was the only available in the stash and I thought I could live with the results. But noooo!
I used a separate placket piece for both the left and right sides and fully interfaced each of the placket pieces [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )The Shirt
Sorry for the silence! I’ve taken some time off from sewing to celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary but finally, the shirt is finished. Adding to the time to finish I applied and then removed the original collar . The shaped collar fit wonderfully around the shoulders but since I had cut down the height of [...]
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