Month: November 2016

Shirting conversion

Construction steps to make a straight boxy shirt:

Marking:

  1. Measure desired waist and mark. (24cm – 26cm from CF)
  2. Pin the original flat-fell seam so that the center of that seam is distinguishable and not moving.
  3. Mark all the way from the bottom of the shirt through the waist and through the sleeve. Note: You may want to preserve the sleeve and armhole point as much as possible, so perhaps curve into the armhole / sleeve area instea.
  4. The sleeve doesn’t need to be trimmed out consistently, so draw a line that makes sense
  5. Transfer line information to other sleeve. (Or, seam through the first bodice, and mark on to other side)
  6. Seam from the bottom of the shirt through to the sleeve following the points.
  7. Cut through original flat-fell seam line to release fabric.
  8. Mark out 1/2″ inch from new seam line and cut through.
  9. Cut the front allowance fabric back to 1/4″
  10. Flat-fell seam through side seam. Remember to keep sleeve turned inside out while top stitching so that you can fold seam allowances in from underneath.
  11. Mark off hemline and roll-hem seam
  12. Fold back wrist openings and topstitch into place
  13. Remove collar and edgestitch collar stand