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How to Make 4 Shirts in 4 Weeks

Take a hunk o' material, interfacing, knitted collars and buttons and let them age a bit:




















Remove pattern from envelope. Let that age a bit. Alter the previous alterations:





















Cut out material and sew the shirts:





















Happy husband likes the shirts I make him:




















These really did turn out nice and went together very easily. Here are the additional alterations I did to eliminate flapping sleeves and too-low armholes:
Raise armhole and reduce width in sleeve and corresponding width in underarm. Add a bit to the sides to make up for lost width taken out at underarm. I also added a self-band to the bottom of the sleeve instead of hemming. Next time I must remember to serge-finish the edges of the placket right after fusing and before sewing to shirt.

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Anonymous said…
Yowza. I'm impressed! You rock, seestor!

xoxox

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