tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post5574040652882266789..comments2023-10-20T08:27:40.314-04:00Comments on male pattern boldness: Men's Shirt Sew-Along 4 -- The Placket RacketPeter Lappinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-29150393494675792802018-11-27T17:15:26.903-05:002018-11-27T17:15:26.903-05:00A two piece sleeve is essentially a one piece slee...A two piece sleeve is essentially a one piece sleeve cut in half. If you have a one-piece sleeve pattern piece see if you can figure out the position by comparing the two side-by-side. It should always be toward the outside and back of the sleeve. Hope that helps.Peter Lappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-32209044237698792882018-11-27T13:23:55.639-05:002018-11-27T13:23:55.639-05:00Hi Peter, I am trying to sew a placket on a men...Hi Peter, I am trying to sew a placket on a men's dress shirt that has a two piece sleeve where the sleeve pieces are sewn together with a flat felled seam. I understand doing the basic placket fairly well, but I am not quite sure what is the proper way to position the placket on the seam. Do I just do it the same way as if the seam wasn't there?April Hayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10722654270893690990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-2455676315198846852016-11-14T19:35:08.388-05:002016-11-14T19:35:08.388-05:00Thank you! Will refer to this frequently :)Thank you! Will refer to this frequently :)Claveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641126245720953631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-90653096854512595842012-05-26T06:48:49.155-04:002012-05-26T06:48:49.155-04:00Hello! I'm just having a break before doing th...Hello! I'm just having a break before doing the topstitching, but so far, so good! It was a bit scary to see how many instructions there are for the placket, but once I got started, I could see they were just trying to spell it all out as simply as possible. It's very hot today and I'm very, very pregnant and trying to get the shirt done for DH before D day, so frankly if I can follow them, anyone can!Slightly Irritablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12194237372604160281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-23240073068856827942012-04-22T11:27:50.156-04:002012-04-22T11:27:50.156-04:00thank youthank youخياطة وتفصيلhttp://sewingbreakdown.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-37575005795138638232011-10-26T01:52:00.722-04:002011-10-26T01:52:00.722-04:00This was such a great reminder of how to do a prop...This was such a great reminder of how to do a proper placket...this is the way I was taught in High school about a hundred years ago! I just never knew the technique had a name! Awesome work! Thanks, thanks, thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-33733450955398245312011-10-20T16:59:39.120-04:002011-10-20T16:59:39.120-04:00Glad to hear it, Dawn!Glad to hear it, Dawn!Peter Lappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-43085720688609049532011-10-20T14:10:59.182-04:002011-10-20T14:10:59.182-04:00Not continuous loop! Continuous lap, rather.Not continuous loop! Continuous lap, rather.Dawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-31652155621693114092011-10-20T14:10:04.355-04:002011-10-20T14:10:04.355-04:00Thank you so so so much for this beautiful, detail...Thank you so so so much for this beautiful, detailed tutorial! I'm trying to sew my first triangular placket (instead of continuous loop), from a German pattern no less (German is most definitely not my first language) and I was way over my head... until I found this! Thanks a million!Dawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-51438561752111862852011-02-05T16:35:20.854-05:002011-02-05T16:35:20.854-05:00Holy Shit Peter! Ok, so I was behind and thought I...Holy Shit Peter! Ok, so I was behind and thought I'd bust out a couple days this morning. It is now FOUR THIRTY (approximately 6 hours after I began) and I have JUST finished two plackets. I can't even tell you how much I've learned...polyeslyter sucks (ok maybe just the blend that is in my muslin), checkerboard patterns can be friendly for cutting (or your worst enemy) and that I officially am in WAAAAY over my head. Having said that, thank you for keeping me motivated and giving us LOTS of pictures!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-66436224302211874592011-02-05T11:06:48.750-05:002011-02-05T11:06:48.750-05:00I don't belong to the Sew along, but I'm f...I don't belong to the Sew along, but I'm following all your posts. Your pictures are great, very clear, no shadows, you can see clearly all the details, the seams, Everything! Love your blog!<br />Raquel from FloridaRaquel from J.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07385569407654276890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-42571183130832820112011-02-05T05:33:00.119-05:002011-02-05T05:33:00.119-05:00I was waiting with bated breath for your page to f...I was waiting with bated breath for your page to finish loading- unsure if the delay was my computer or because every single sewer in the ENTIRE WORLD is madly logging on to follow this. Thanks for the enormously helpful photos and directions. The tip that I should have worked out years ago but will use from now on to sew plackets is simply checking that the placement line is on the same side as the double notches at the sleeve head. It will save me hours of worry. <br />Peter, I’d love to know which patterns you have seen that use two placket pieces. So far I’ve only come across the one piece sleeve placket. And slowly, slowly I’m getting more comfortable with them. I find it really helpful to iron in the creases on the placket piece and use them as a guide. I’ve also had success (with cotton flannelette and some synthetics) by interfacing the placket and tracing the lines onto the interfacing – especially lines for the tower/roof at the top. I use very light iron on interfacing and haven’t had any sewing or washing problems with it. My big difficulty is still making sure that the top stitching for the square encloses the underplacket. I’ve got several shirts with two rows of topstitching at the bottom of the tower – which is the solution of course if you’ve got a lovely looking right side and unseemly raw edges on the wrong side. <br />Happy sewing to everyone engaged in this great project!Cleverclogsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-4768083713699024432011-02-05T02:16:27.268-05:002011-02-05T02:16:27.268-05:00What a great blog. I just finished an Islander Si...What a great blog. I just finished an Islander Simple Shirt using David Coffins placket method from Shirt Making Techniques video. It took several practice pieces to get comfortable using it on the good material. Anyhow, it looks like a similar set up for the Negroni pattern. Which I just ordered. Looks like a very nice shirt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-31565923071166239772011-02-04T22:40:07.103-05:002011-02-04T22:40:07.103-05:00You make this look sooo easy! I agree with previo...You make this look sooo easy! I agree with previous posters about the quality of the pictures and the detailed explanations. I only hope when it comes time for me to insert my plackets, they look half as good as yours.<br /><br />One thing I noticed is that you press the folds in before you sew the placket in. The one time I made a shirt previously, I did not think to do this and for some reason, I didn't have enough material to make a peaked roof. I had to square it off which seemed to work better considering my screw up. I will be trying your method this time. That is when I finally get there.Bryan_in_Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737911435160334669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-69385802750720349802011-02-04T18:43:22.927-05:002011-02-04T18:43:22.927-05:00Love your patience for photographing and explainin...Love your patience for photographing and explaining each step. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-34488516355372547692011-02-04T18:42:32.758-05:002011-02-04T18:42:32.758-05:00Peter, first of all, I really like the quality of ...Peter, first of all, I really like the quality of your photos - very clear. I use this placket technique.. with one exception. After stitching and slashing, I make very narrow triangular clips out of the small placket SA above the slash, right down to the stitch line. I then trim the little triangular tab on the sleeve piece back to ~1/8"; I leave the placket piece triangle uncut. I then turn the little rectangular tab above the slash to the outside, enclosing the remaining little triangle in the process. I press this down flat from the outside sleeve side. This really simplifies the the turning out process, reduces the seam bulk.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-37546957721843360352011-02-04T17:01:05.334-05:002011-02-04T17:01:05.334-05:00Oh, great instructions and pictures Peter, thanks!...Oh, great instructions and pictures Peter, thanks! This was the part I was most terrified of. Much demystification here, yay.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255370960186659884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-37660469059366569302011-02-04T10:57:53.435-05:002011-02-04T10:57:53.435-05:00Gosh-- You make me wish I'd chosen the long sl...Gosh-- You make me wish I'd chosen the long sleeve version of my shirt pattern! Beautiful work.Five and Diamondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359641775390640110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-21473158239240368272011-02-04T10:30:20.398-05:002011-02-04T10:30:20.398-05:00Hmm, I think I'm kinda glad I'm going with...Hmm, I think I'm kinda glad I'm going with the short sleeve version of this shirt!pterionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459353247583310216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-72050984425469245312011-02-04T10:25:01.460-05:002011-02-04T10:25:01.460-05:00I don't think I have the attention span for th...I don't think I have the attention span for this, and will probably use Summerset's or Nancy Z's placket method. But you never know …Debbie Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03601675304884019607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-59370720159922639612011-02-04T09:59:45.150-05:002011-02-04T09:59:45.150-05:00I haven't created a placket in this way yet an...I haven't created a placket in this way yet and I found the instructions just teensey bit confusing, probably because I don't have my own shirt sleeve and placket in front of me at the moment. <br /><br />Will try this at home this afternoon and looking forward to it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com