williamsews

I work slowly nowadays because life gets in the way, but I have finally finished the purple shirt. I like it and am reasonably happy with the result…I love the colour. Now I have something to wear tomorrow. I’m always pleased when the collar works out OK. It was great to make a shirt with no top-stitching after the denim one with so much top-stitching. I put the plackets the wrong way around years ago and of course, once the fabric is cut it’s not an easy problem to fix. I also pause and think before I fit the sleeves and sew the buttonholes – although I’ve never sewn them on the wrong side (yet). I was in a ‘pocket rut’ so sewed a curved style this time. I used to be more adventurous with pocket finishes in the past. I’d like to sew something else, perhaps a dressing gown, I need a winter one. I don’t like to risk another visit to the city at this time, I had to take my new machine for repairs (that was essential travel). I have a few vintage patterns, they’re smaller than my size but...

It’s actually mottled purple, a nice colour, I haven’t had a purple shirt for quite a while. It looks rather like Batik but it’s ordinary cotton. There will be nothing out of the ordinary with this shirt. It’s cut out and ready to sew. I was lucky to find the right colour thread locally; because of the dreaded virus, I don’t want to travel into the city unless it’s really necessary, which will be when I pick up my machine after the repairs. To mask or not to mask . That is the question. A lot of sewists are making fabric masks, fortunately, I bought a lot of good quality professional masks a while ago to use while working on DIY projects – anyway, I’d find it very difficult to waste my off-cuts, I use pieces down to 1 1/2 “x 3” in quilting and the masks will be useless once (if) the pandemic is over. Nothing much is happening here as far as the virus goes but we’re not taking any chances. Time to seize the day. Regards,  Will.

Please visit my site;  william-sews.com I have finished my denim shirt – just in time, winter has come early with a cold blast. I’m pleased with the shirt but my machine woes aren’t over, a second one has decided to skip stitches just when I was making the buttonholes–I look after the machines and rarely have problems but these things happen. Anyway; the denim shirt. I realised when looking at this photograph that I need to add one more buttonhole, I’ll do that today. There was a lot of top-stitching, I always find the hardest part is up the sides and down the sleeve. The ends of the shirttails were thick and tough, so I used fabric glue, held it together with quilting clips and it made them much easier to finish. Regards, Will.