Back in February, I was looking for my sewing mojo. I had done very sewing at the first part of the year. Of course that started changing in March when I moved in with my parents for the next 3+ months. I did not think when the covid-19 virus started that it would seemingly never end. Back to sewing. In February, I picked up a lovely rayon crepe with the intentions of making the Seamwork Natalie. Fast forward and I have made many shirts between March and June. Here is the muslin of the Natalie - here.
The Seamwork Natalie pattern is a classic campshirt style top. In general, quick and easy. Here's my finished version:
The pattern is very straight forward. The only issue that I found when making the muslin was that the sleeves had to have gathering stitches to get them inserted smoothly. Normally, I would have allowed the machine to do all the easing. It was the same with this shirt.
Things that I changed:
1. Eliminated the back facing and stitched the opening closed.
2. Changed the way the hem was sewn slightly. Instead of turning the hem and stitching, I turned the facing back and stitched where I wanted the hem, trimmed the excess hem, then stitched the hem.
The rayon crepe was a dream to sew with until I got to the topstitching. The first attempt of the topstitching had to be removed as the fabric was shifting too much. I ended up reducing the presser foot pressure, stitching very slowing, and using an awl to make the fabric behave. I was a bit worried about the buttonholes and the creeping fabric but the buttonholes turned out just fine.
I am looking forward to wearing this shirt. I also will not hesitate to purchase this type of fabric again. I will think long and hard about using a pattern that requires a lot of topstitching.
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Happy Stitching!
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