White Oversized Shirt, TAL
Only took me 1 week after finishing my floral version to cut out this one.
Pattern
Fabric
Love it! Bought multiple garments worth at a time with no plans just to have on hand. I'm out now but would do that again.
Notions
Buttons, sleeve cuffs and collar: 16L pearl from Wawak
Buttons, button bands: 18L pearl from Wawak
Current Measurements
Height: 5' 1"
Bust: 34"
Waist: 26"
Hip: 36"
Size
My Measurements correspond to a Small.
I made a straight XS based on finished garment measurements provided in the pattern.
Style Adjustments
- Omitted pockets
- Square tower plackets instead of the dumb way the instructions say to make plackets. Drafted my own placket piece and tested it on scrap first. So easy, especially on fabric that doesn't have a right/wrong side. Had to lengthen the cuff pieces to accommodate the extra distance around the cuff opening. This also makes the sleeve opening a little bigger (unless I had opted to make the sleeve pleats bigger or something) but I like the extra room. Fits the relaxed vibe and makes it easier to turn the cuffs up which I like to do.
Here's my drafted Placket piece (below). This could be made taller/shorter very easily. My starting measurement was 4.5" tall — from the bottom edge of the piece to the marked "stitch" line aka the length of the cut line — and I added on to it from there. I drafted a true pointed tower placket but the square top is so much easier so I went with that when it was time to sew. Just square off the top when you get to that bit of drafting.
Here's a good Threads tutorial if you're looking to swap in a tower placket and want a quick reference.
Proof I tested it
Fit Adjustments
Shortened the body by about 4inches. Kindof a lot. Considering this a fit adjustment and not a style adjustment because I think this made it look as designed on me.
Last time I said maybe next time I'd make a narrow shoulder adjustment. Well I didn't. Maybe next time! 😄
Finishing
Last shirt I opted to handstitch the cuffs, collar, and button bands. This time I stitched in the ditch to machine it all down.
Tried a hem facing and didn't like it. Looked like a too short dress. Landed on a bias binding hem instead.
Started ripping it out before I remembered to take a picture.
Skipped all interfacing again. Is this really that terrible of a thing to do?
Buttonholes My secret to perfect buttonholes is — Doing them semi-automatically as opposed to fully automatically. My machine has an attachment/foot that allows you to set the length of buttonhole and do it all hands free. Long story short its finnicky and I honestly don't like it. And if I'm going to thread tack for the starting point of the buttonhole it takes an extra 10 seconds to mark the end point, and an extra 1 gram of concentration to hit the reverse button at the correct time. Goodbye to my (justified) anxiety about my auto buttonholer somehow overrunning the intended length.
