I was over-the-moon excited to be included in the Sew, Mama, Sew Citronille pattern challenge, sponsored by Fiddlehead Artisan Supply. I first discovered these charming French patterns for children while traveling in Paris some years ago. Swoon! Citronille is more well-known for their sweet, classic children’s patterns, but they also have a selection of adult patterns…
shirts
Grainline Archer Sew-Along: Attaching the Collar + Stand
Dun dun duh! Wrestling the collar stand onto a shirt is always the most stressful part of shirtmaking for me. I can’t promise to make this part stress-free, but luckily I do have a few tricks that can help. One of the first things you need to realize, and that seems backwards, is the inside of the…
Grainline Archer Sew-Along: Collar
Shirt collars are easy peasy. Truly. They are the kind of sewing you can do even when you are a little tired, or possibly even when you are drinking an adult beverage. Not that I ever bring one of those into my sewing studio, but I hear some do. OK, let’s do this. If you altered…
Grainline Archer Sew-Along: Cuffs
There are at least a couple of shirt cuff application methods; slot and burrito to name two. I have tried both of these techniques, and my preference is definitely for the “slot” method. I think you will see why it is named such shortly. 😉 1. Start by drawing a line with the fabric marker…
Grainline Archer Sew-Along: Sleeves
There are (at least) two ways to insert sleeves in your Archer, and I am going to show you both methods I use. First up, the easier one; stitch and serge the sleeves to the sleeve to the body of the shirt BEFORE stitching up the side seam of the shirt. Now this method requires that the…
Grainline Archer Sew-Along: Tailored Sleeve Placket
Hey! I meant to publish this earlier in the week. Sorry about that, and I hope I didn’t hold you up on your Archer progress. Today we are going to skin that sleeve placket a different way, peeps; we are going to man up our sleeves. That is, we are going to make a sleeve placket…