Chronicles: The Shirt

A Moment With by Fynn
Chronicles: The Shirt

Pleat it and Weep

Quick way to pleat...

grab some patience, play some tracks and get to folding!

Regards, by Fynn

The beginning process is me simply deciding on whether it's pleats or tucks ** insert cricket sounds **. For this shirt I opted for pleats.

Then I must decide on the actual pattern of the shirt. Do I create the fabrication first? or create the piece as a whole and cut the pattern pieces out of that whole? This will determine the process of how I pleat.

When it comes to pleat quantity, it's more dependent on the fabric and the yardage. Something I tend to decide along the way. That's what is the icing on the cake with Nomad garments, you never truly know exactly how it will be till the end!

Think Twice, Cut Once

When you think you can skip the thinking and get to the chopping... remember the devil is a liar!

Regards, by Fynn

Hold back those scissors! Before I get to the cutting I must lay out the multiple pattern pieces and revise the fabrication. Cause you already know once it's cut you can't just glue it back together...well not yet ;)

For this piece the cutting process was pretty straight forward. The pieces were not as complex as usual by Fynn creations. Making the cutting process a bit more fast pace,which was a nice change after doing those pleats (turtle pace mode is real y'all). This is really a patience game without any cheat sheets...trust me I would know if there were.

Nomad: Shirt 01

The Process

to The End

Pattern Piecing

Contemplating Pattern

One Fourth of Shirt

One of Many Pieces

Pining Lining

Finally Final Stages

Nomad: Shirt 02

Pin For Your Life

Pins quickly become my main companion. Pinning all the multiple pattern pieces together to make the sewing stage a bit more of a smooth process.

This is probably the most mundane part of the making of any garment but you ain't gonna be skipping this. As you can see in these images, the lining is being pinned and prepped for sewing (kinda feels like you are prepping a lamb for it's roasting).

Skipping the pining is like having pie with no filling...that ain't right!

Regards, by Fynn

When the Needle Drops Down

The sewing is actually my quickest part. Sometimes it's like a relief when I make it to the sowing stage.

The end result for this piece **insert sighs**, look to be honest I was happy but in usual by Fynn style, I could still see room for improvements. I am never fully satisfied at the end of any garment I have created but one thing for certain is that I always have that sense of accomplishment. Mostly because it actually turned out as I had expected. There have been moments and garments that have turned out to be quite a flop job (a.k.a terrible). Thanks to those flop jobs, I now know what is acceptable for a by Fynn garment and what is not!