My aim for today was to get my shirt finished. I began by sewing on the false welt pocket to the left side of the shirt. In comparison with my toile, the piece that I had cut for the pocket ended up being a little too short once I had over locked it. I re cut it and asked Dorothy to check whether I was going about this stage in the right way. She suggested a different way to how I had made it on the toile but it turned out to be neater and more professional looking. I then added all of the fusing to the placket pieces and stitched the parts that were grown on. The printed placket piece was to be laid on top of the others but when I came to it the printed piece started to twist. I had to unpick it and re-sew while pulling and easing the layers. The next step was to do the shoulder and side seams which I then pressed. I usually have trouble with attaching collars but this one went on fine. I needed a little help reducing the bulk at the ends before folding the collar over to finish. We discussed how the arm holes would be finished and came up with the solution to bind them in white cotton. Once I had done this I thought about folding the binding over and top stitching to make a better finish.
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