It seems that I did not post the results of the Classic Shirt muslin before moving on to the first version. I think the changes were fairly small. I increased the bust dart and shaped it. That alteration added length to the front. Reduced the length of the shirt body and sleeves by 1 1/2 inches. I had a beautiful shirting that has been hanging out in the stash for a while. So, I pulled it out to use. Here are the results:
I used my Bernette B77 to make this shirt. This is not the first project that I have made using this machine but it the most complicated one to date. The feet on this machine do not have good markings on them. It is easy enough to do topstitching on an outside edge but it is not so easy to get a good topstitch on the inside. I ended up using this foot:
This is the B77 embroidery foot. The blue line points at what I used to do edge stitching. It made a stitch about 1/16-inch from the edge. Perfect. The red points points at another spot and it is 1/4-inch from the edge. Here is a close up of the stitching:
Here is a picture of the inside topstitching:
The B77 makes a beautiful buttonhole. This is an example of buttonhole #51which is a standard buttonhole:
I used the Liesl & Co Classic Shirt pattern. This pattern is very well drafted. The instructions are well written. I can see many of these shirts in the future.
Happy Stitching!
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