tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335719468633289256.post6655477552536562842..comments2023-07-11T05:27:13.257-05:00Comments on On the road to a B.S. in Apparel Design: I finished my shirtDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349478958710316790noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335719468633289256.post-58635408283278782502009-12-16T08:34:06.579-06:002009-12-16T08:34:06.579-06:00I suppose I should have mentioned this earlier. A...I suppose I should have mentioned this earlier. Although I am a man the shirt I made is for women. There were no men’s shirt patterns in class. This was not a case of sexism. We had men’s patterns for the t-shirts, but for the tailored shirt we had to make a women’s shirt so that the project would include darts. A men’s shirt may have two knife pleats or one inverted box pleat on the back, but it has no darts. Women’s shirts have darts in the front and back and pleats in the sleeves. Darts are a little more difficult to make than the pleats on the back of a men’s shirt, so a women’s shirt is more challenging and requires more skills than a men’s shirt. I think I did a very good job on the darts. My pleats were well constructed, but if I had more time I would have adjusted the placement of one of them. <br /><br />I am in the process of packing up everything I own in preparation for my move to WI, but after I am settled in my new apartment I will start making men’s long sleeve tailored shirts.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10349478958710316790noreply@blogger.com