The other reason to visit London now is the couture exhibition in the Victoria and Albert museum.
So looking forward to this.
The sewing of my shirt gave me a headache and a very low sewing spirit. On Pattern review there was only 1 review of this BWOF shirt by Sew-4-fun. She mentioned the great amount of sleeve-ease. But I was stubborn and didn't change it. Lesson learned: listen to reviewers with more experience than myself.
I did manage to get the sleeve in without puckers, but in the end there was too much fabric in the front, giving a strange "puff". Yesterday evening I took out both sleeves. They were already topstitched, but it only took me a little over an hour to take them out, take a bit off the top and sew again. Much better.
Then I took off the (second) collar and made a third one. This one still has to be finished, but looks more promising then the other two. And I thought a shirt like this would be ready in one weekend!
Ah shirts. Another item I have avoided! Yours is looking good. The sleeve set in looks perfect.
ReplyDeleteI certainly know how it feels to rip things out! I do plenty of it, believe or not. I forgot to mention it on the last post, but I trim off the interfacing on collars to make them less bulky, too.
ReplyDeleteI am very jealous of you getting to go to the V&A exhibit!
The shirt is looking already very good. Told you you shouldn't despair... :) I'm sure that London will be thrilling, I'm so glad for you.
ReplyDeleteAnd I do thank you for giving me yet another sewing addiction. I love it!
I'm green with envy!! I've never visited London and it's one of the cities I know I would love to visit!
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