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Well, the demon shirt is finally done, out of my house and with its new owner.
I'm pleased with the way it turned out (better than the black one, to my eyes), but the execution of the task was nightmarish at times (hence my love of pleats). The gussets under the arms went in so easily (once I figured out the trick to it, which only took me a few moments instead of hours) and the hems of both the sleeves and the bottom of the shirt matched up. That should have been my first indication that I was in for some serious frustration.
Then I broke two needles in the same place topstitching the sleeves to the yoke. After switching to a heavier needle (a 16/100 instead of the 14/90s that broke), no more breakages. Okay. Fine. Then came the adventure with pleats, which I won't detail for my blood pressure's sake. Then I ran out of thread, which has never happened to me before. Then even more fun with pleats (and the collar). *shudder*
The one part I was dreading actually worked fairly well. Grommets can either go in with no problems or ruin the entire project. The worst they were was tedious. I can handle tedious since the project was finished last night, spritzed with a little water and then hung in the bathroom.
The next two shirts have no pleating (thank god!) and the worse things are more grommets (the red) and two button holes (the green). Those I can handle.
Two down, two to go.
I'm pleased with the way it turned out (better than the black one, to my eyes), but the execution of the task was nightmarish at times (hence my love of pleats). The gussets under the arms went in so easily (once I figured out the trick to it, which only took me a few moments instead of hours) and the hems of both the sleeves and the bottom of the shirt matched up. That should have been my first indication that I was in for some serious frustration.
Then I broke two needles in the same place topstitching the sleeves to the yoke. After switching to a heavier needle (a 16/100 instead of the 14/90s that broke), no more breakages. Okay. Fine. Then came the adventure with pleats, which I won't detail for my blood pressure's sake. Then I ran out of thread, which has never happened to me before. Then even more fun with pleats (and the collar). *shudder*
The one part I was dreading actually worked fairly well. Grommets can either go in with no problems or ruin the entire project. The worst they were was tedious. I can handle tedious since the project was finished last night, spritzed with a little water and then hung in the bathroom.
The next two shirts have no pleating (thank god!) and the worse things are more grommets (the red) and two button holes (the green). Those I can handle.
Two down, two to go.
