Who knew a man's shirt had six gussets! Well, it used to around 1815 - one in each arm pit, two in the neck and two at the hem. Other than that drafting the shirt pattern was drawing a lot of rectangles (gussets are triangular). Once the pattern was drafted up we leant how to put in a plackett (one 't' or two, hmmm?) where there is no seam, which will form the neck opening; there will also be a plackett in each sleeve.
After lunch we pinned our patterns onto the fabric, marked them up and cut them out, plus interfacing for collar, cuffs and placketts. Then every piece (except collar and cuffs) had to be edged on the dreaded overlocker. The overlocker is a frightening machine that can seam and edge at the same time (most seams in commercial clothing are made this way, especially t-shirts). As it also trims off the edge of the fabric it has two knife blades in it, plus it goes very fast if you're not careful, so can be pretty scary! I feel I have mastered it, however, going slow is the best way. Making up and button holes tomorrow...
Also Suzy made star biscuits, so it's been a good day.
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