Comments on: Gussets and collars

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:04:50 +0000

Love this tutorial on a convertible collar. If you ever decide to make a commercial pattern, count me in as interested in purchasing one. I’m going to make the time to read your other tutorials. Glad I found you!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:59:32 +0000

See part two where I address the comments posted to this entry.

By: Pop Quiz #477

Pop Quiz #477 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:25:13 +0000

[...] way the yoke was poorly made. For the purposes of comparison, here is a yoked shirt from a pattern I made that doesn’t have the problem -as I define it. Other than the collar and neckline, these [...]

By: Fashion Incubator » Blog Archive » The great cap sleeve debate

Fashion Incubator » Blog Archive » The great cap sleeve debate — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:23:47 +0000

[...] then I thought, a capped sleeve could be defined by fit (see the photo of my blue shirt on me) but that doesn’t hold either. Now I’m not sure what a capped sleeve is or how [...]

By: Don

Don — Mon, 23 May 2011 23:39:19 +0000

Cutting gussets this very morning…very timely. Thank you.

By: martin

martin — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:29:05 +0000

I believe the collar became ‘straight’ in a production environment, particularly in
the 80s as automation in the factories became more prevalent. It ‘cheapened’ the
collar I feel, but as a patternmaker I had to reshape collars to accommodate the
equipment. That may be the reason for the method of teaching.

Martin Taylor

By: Marian

Marian — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:37:26 +0000

Is there a pattern for the whole blouse? Love the style.

By: Babette

Babette — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:43:33 +0000

I’m glad this came up in archives as I’m about to do some more work on shirts. I’m interested in the gusset idea and how you can get a nice sleeve with ease of movement. I hate a cap sleeve for the same reason. I also like a slender long sleeve and I’m trying to find the ideal compromise between ease and closeness.
What I don’t quite understand is what you mean when you say “the sleeve extends flush with the shoulder line”. How is this different from any other shirt?

By: Roman

Roman — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:16:55 +0000

A shirt on the hanger.

A poem by Bhuwan Thapaliya

O’ how fragile and how weak
is the shirt that hangs on the hanger
dropped to the toe of a rack,
without a face, nor any grace.

O’ how hopeless looks the necktie
around the collar of the woolen skeleton
- concentric rings of a painful death.

O’ a shirt on the hanger,
what a naked romance it unfolds!

By: helen

helen — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:44:22 +0000

i need to know how to sew and cut gussets for the crouch of women’s slacks.