Oh my word, what a palaver that turned out to be. I used a 'quick sew' Simplicity pattern (2255) and in my case 'quick' was a bit optimistic! Lessons learned from this:
1. When learning a new sewing 'thing/skill/technique' - read the instructions more than once
2. Once you've read the instructions, double-check that you UNDERSTAND the instructions
3. After you've understood the instructions - follow them!!
4. Before you 'trim seams and clip curves', make sure you've sewn there correct pieces together!
5. Do you really need a collar?
Still, after a spot of unpicking and re-sewing...and re-reading the instructions and fully understanding what is required...I have a rather nice work shirt - even if the collar isn't 'quite' right.
I especially like my faux pearl buttons - a nice touch I thought - and I wouldn't have thought of selecting them if I hadn't read 'The Little Tailoress' blog a few days earlier.
All joking aside though, like most things in life, now that I've had hands-on experience and realised where I went wrong, I now feel confident to do more 'collars' -- and also learnt that its perfectly ok to write additional notes/instructions on the one given - I do it on cooking recipes so I don't know why its never occurred to me to do the same on sewing patterns?!
So, here's my new work shirt (and although its not shown in this photo - I have now hemmed the shirt sleeves...in fact, I hand stitched the shirt sleeves and bottom hems...got a real thing for hand stitching these bits of garments, I think it gives a much more 'finished' feel)
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