Saturday 26 September 2015

Refining the Granville

Third time lucky ... well so the saying goes anyway.

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This is my third Granville Shirt. The first was HERE and the second HERE.  But even though this was the third I felt that there were still further adjustments I needed to make to refine the fit.

For this version I left all the previous adjustments in place, you can get that list here, and then made the following tweaks
  • Added 1/4" to front side seams
  • Added 1/4" to the side back side seam - both these adjustments were so I could get more room around the body.
  • Added 1/4" to each side of the sleeve under arm seam, tapered to existing wrist edge - again giving me more room around my arm.
  • Added 1/2" to the length above the waist.
  • this time I added 1" to the original pattern length of the sleeve.
Although minor, the fits feels better and I'm much happier with the length of the shirt.


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For this version I included the pocket flaps - although this is the only tell tale sign that there is actually pockets there.  They are lost amongst this lovely cotton poplin I got from Blackbird Fabrics. Including postage it worked out to be NZ$18 p/m which I thought was very reasonable.

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Sadly I didn't take any photos of the inside, but I finished all the seams with a french seam finish, except for the armscye, which I finished with some Hug Snug binding.  I also applied Hug Snug to the hem and then turned it up and sewed it down.  It provided a much nicer finish to the hem rather than turning it up twice, especially around the curve.  It makes the inside look interesting as well.

I'm really lovin this shirt and it works well with my Ginger Jeans.

More photos available on my Flickr -->


6 comments:

  1. This is a really nice version. I love my Granville and plan more for spring.

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    1. Thanks Andrea :-) I've now begun to look at other shirt patterns, that I didn't really have any interest in before. Strange how things go.

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  2. Great shirt and I'm a bit of a sucker for micro-prints. It is good to have a go to shirt pattern. Mine is from McCalls, but I like the way the Archer knips the waist.

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    1. Honestly Gail I didn't think I would do either - a micro print or a shirt, but I am quite taken by this shirt and I think I will get quite a bit of wear out of it this Spring.

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  3. Love the third shirt Sandra - it is looking good on you.

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