Shirt Styleboard

These are just a few of the pictures that I have used when putting together my Style Board for the 'Winter In Bloom' shirt project.

Collars - Various styles and shapes of collars.

Types of fabric for shirts - Chiffon, Denim Cotton and Cotton.

Styles of shirts (some with collars and sleeves, some without):



Winter In Bloom Moodboard

These are the images which I intend on using for my mood-board.

<----- Winter In Bloom - "Fashion Images"

<----- Winter In Bloom - "Floral Fabrics and Floral Winter Fabrics"

My 'Winter In Bloom' Moodboard:

My Weekly Diary:

Week 1 - Session 1/6:
During this session I started work on making my half-scale shirt. To start off I laid down all the pieces onto the calico fabric, placing the back piece against the fold and laying the two front pieces out separately as this was going to be a opened front shirt. To draw round each individual pattern piece I used tailors chalk and adding in the notches with the chalk. Once I'd drawn out all the pieces onto the calico I started on cutting them out, using fabric scissors.
After I cut all pieces out, the first pieces I sewed together were the back and front pieces, sewing them at the shoulder line across the top of the front and back pieces. To sew all pieces together I used an industrial sewing machine. At some points during sewing I had to stop because the machine became un-threaded so I had to re-thread the needle and the spool became empty so I had to re-thread that aswell.

 The fabric that I have used to make my final shirt is black floral chiffon. Chiffon is a very thin and see through fabric which creases and snares easily. The reason that I think this fabric is suitable for this style of shirt and sleeve is because it is a floatly fabric which gives the style sleeve an elegant look.

Shirt 1

As part of our 'Winter In Bloom' project we had to produce a half-scale size shirt. To help make this we already the pattern cut for us.

What we had to remember when it came to drawing the pattern onto the calico was to leave room for the seem allowance (which would be halved as we were only making a half-scale shirt).

(Top right and Second image down from the top right - Finished half-scale shirt)To start of I drew round the pattern pieces for the front and back. Since this type of half-scale shirt is an open front shirt I cut the front out into two separate pieces and the back as one piece cutting it on the fold of the fabric.

(Third and Fourth image down from the right - Left and Right side of the front of the shirt)

To draw round the pattern pieces onto the calico I used tailors chalk and to then cut the calico shirt pieces out I used fabric scissors.(Fifth, Sixth and Seventh image down from the right - Sleeve pattern piece and completed sleeve, Cuff pattern piece and completed cuff and Collar pattern piece and completed collar).