The gussets are a bit tricky. Follow the instructions carefully. Go slowly. Beginners could handle this. Modeled by Doug Williams.
Rated 4 out of 5
Sara Maene –
A fun, frilly shirt. Working with the gussets is slightly tricky, but not too hairy. The end result is well worth the bother.
Rated 4 out of 5
Leigh Ann Hildebrand –
I’ve made the shirt about a dozen times, for men and women of various sizes. Usually I make the sleeves fuller and move the underarm gusset down (about one-half to one inch on each size) to make it more comfortable for wearers used to set in sleeves. It’s also easy to modify the wrist treatment to use elastic or ties. I’d suggest beginning sewers try it first in View A; View B’s ruffles can be tricky to manage in some fabrics. In the photo to the left, Leo Schwab is wearing View B (ruffled) with fuller sleeves and wrist ties.
Rated 4 out of 5
Maura Burns –
This is a fine pattern if you are looking for a period-style shirt. It’s cut with no curved lines at all so, in addition to underarm gussets, there are also triangular gussets at each side of the neck, raising the ‘little fiddly bits’ quotient considerably. I made it in a medium-weight linen, using the View A collar, View B sleeves and narrow facing. I found the fit to be a little tight in the shoulders do to the yoke with the dropped sleeves but, I assume this is meant to be accurate to their model. I do have broad shoulders. The shirt worked up fine and fairly quickly. The neck gussets required some patience to figure out. I’m still not sure I got it right. Pictured on the right.
Sheri Jurnecka –
The gussets are a bit tricky. Follow the instructions carefully. Go slowly. Beginners could handle this. Modeled by Doug Williams.
Sara Maene –
A fun, frilly shirt. Working with the gussets is slightly tricky, but not too hairy. The end result is well worth the bother.
Leigh Ann Hildebrand –
I’ve made the shirt about a dozen times, for men and women of various sizes. Usually I make the sleeves fuller and move the underarm gusset down (about one-half to one inch on each size) to make it more comfortable for wearers used to set in sleeves. It’s also easy to modify the wrist treatment to use elastic or ties. I’d suggest beginning sewers try it first in View A; View B’s ruffles can be tricky to manage in some fabrics. In the photo to the left, Leo Schwab is wearing View B (ruffled) with fuller sleeves and wrist ties.
Maura Burns –
This is a fine pattern if you are looking for a period-style shirt. It’s cut with no curved lines at all so, in addition to underarm gussets, there are also triangular gussets at each side of the neck, raising the ‘little fiddly bits’ quotient considerably. I made it in a medium-weight linen, using the View A collar, View B sleeves and narrow facing. I found the fit to be a little tight in the shoulders do to the yoke with the dropped sleeves but, I assume this is meant to be accurate to their model. I do have broad shoulders. The shirt worked up fine and fairly quickly. The neck gussets required some patience to figure out. I’m still not sure I got it right. Pictured on the right.