Comments on: Reverse engineering standard work pt.2

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:40:34 +0000

As I was cannibalizing a shirt today, I found that the placket binding was one piece. Then I had to look at all of my DH shirts to see how they were done. About 2/3’s of them had the singe binding placket.

That sounds very interesting. Very interesting. I guess I’ll be going to the thrift store for more shirts pretty soon.

By: hjm

hjm — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:18:50 +0000

I guess this means that there would be more bulk in the placket area but you have only one piece to deal with.

By: hjm

hjm — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:13:53 +0000

By: Carol Kimball

Carol Kimball — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:54:01 +0000

“…I’m almost positive that these ends are folded manually by the operator and then stitched into place.”

At the Mode o’ Day factory of my younger adulthood, the upper placket was folded by the operator, who also cut the triangle exactly when and how Kathleen said, after the bindings were sewn on.

By: Jinjer Markley

Jinjer Markley — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:15:10 +0000

super!

I love seeing the repetition of techniques from the zipper and the welt pocket!

really ugly original, tho’. I hope you’ve picked a more attractive fabric for the copy.

By: Carol Kimball

Carol Kimball — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:59:32 +0000

Start your list of favorites for your second year with this one, please!

By: Gigi

Gigi — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:30:24 +0000

I am a big fan of block fusing! I have a 16×20 press and block fuse larger pieces of fabric for my collars and cuffs. I’ve always done it this way mostly out of laziness - I hate trying to match up small pieces of fabric with their corresponding interfacing pieces. I guess I was onto something, lol.

By: Jess Latham

Jess Latham — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:47:52 +0000

I’m wondering about the fusing going all the way to the edge. When should the fusing go all the way to the edge and when should it be cut smaller? I ask this cause you’ve talked about the fusing being cut smaller a lot.