Sewing Shirts with a Perfect Fit by David Page Coffin

Author:David Page Coffin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Creative Publishing international
Published: 2019-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

The difference between reshaping existing seams and where there are no seams is, of course, considerable. Simple as it seems, it can be difficult to match complex body shapes by repinning seams far from where the shaping is actually needed. And as we’ve just seen in the previous chapter, it can be tricky to try to adjust the fronts to a different degree than the back at the same seam. So, the following photographs demonstrate a unique draping strategy for improving the way we recut side seams, by shaping (reducing the ease) within the body of the back or front.

Pinning out excess where there’s no existing seam generally means adding a dart, or something else that reduces the excess fabric, such as gathers, tucks, pleats, or additional seams. Consider any of these as implied options wherever I mention dartmaking in the pages to come, a subject already well covered in many other places. In this chapter, I focus mainly on the far less-explored, and much more shirt-friendly options of eliminating, reducing, or concealing darts while still enjoying all the shaping they so obviously provide.

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