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Here’s the last step of constructing the collar and collar stand! So far, we have a shirt with a collar stand. Our collar stand has an opening along the top edge where we’ll insert the finished collar. We also have a beautiful collar prepared, all ready to attach to the shirt’s collar stand. We’ve passed the […]
Ok! More shirtmaking information today. The Shirtmaking book I’m referencing has a completely different approach to sewing the collar stand than usual methods. I like it because you get to place the collar into the stand, getting it right where you want it, rather than sewing the collar-stand unit to the shirt and hoping it […]
To get a really nice collar stand, the stitching around the centre front corner needs to be perfect. Each side needs to be exactly the same, too! One way to get nice results is to make a collar stand template. Here was my first attempt at sewing the collar stand: Yeah, no. Not good enough […]