Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

[herringbonekid]

Pera, i recommend doing flat felled seams on shirts, especially around the armhole / sleeve.
also, topstitching around collar edge and pocket edges (though not always done) helps to keep things lying flat.

 

[Pera.T]

Pera, i recommend doing flat felled seams on shirts, especially around the armhole / sleeve.
also, topstitching around collar edge and pocket edges (though not always done) helps to keep things lying flat.

Thanks for the tips!

Ah yes! I knew something looked a bit off with the armholes, I'll make a note of that for future shirts. Yeah I was tossing up whether I should topstitch or not, I was rushing to get it done so I decided against it, and I thought it would look ok (like you said, I've seen gab shirts without it). Now it's all sewn up I'm wondering if it would have looked better with the topstitching though :eusa_doh:

Oh well, all good lessons learnt for shirt #2

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Is that the jacket I sold on eBay? (ink stained liner?) Looks good on you, if it is!

 

[DamianM]

PERA. T I must say great job. It looks slightly big on you. maybe alter the pattern to fit you?
But seems you got it down.

 

[fashion frank]

My first attempt at making something after finishing a full time four month sewing course. Done the course with the aim of getting myself a couple machines and making my own repro vintage for everyday wear. I was lucky enough to use the industrial machinery in the workshop to make this on my last week of course. I used a vintage 40s/50s pattern and some wool & silk mix material.

What do you guys reckon? Not a touch on everyone else's work I know, but looking forward to getting better when I get my own machine

I like the way the collar sits on your neck line pretty good stuff here hat's off to you.

All the Best , Fashion Frank

 

[bond]

Pera,Good job on that shirt! Not bad for only your second one.
You have talent man!

 

[bond]

Nice work HBK ,good eye with details. Sharp vests.

 

[Pera.T]

Is that the jacket I sold on eBay? (ink stained liner?) Looks good on you, if it is!

Yes it is! It's a great jacket, thanks for selling it

PERA. T I must say great job. It looks slightly big on you. maybe alter the pattern to fit you?
But seems you got it down.

Thanks Damian! Yes it does seem to be a bit big in the body doesn't it. Strange, as the neck size is perfect, and the measurements listed on the pattern made it seem like it would be a good fit. I may indeed have to try altering the pattern a bit for future shirts, though it might take a bit of trial and error to figure out what I'm doing :eeek:

I like the way the collar sits on your neck line pretty good stuff here hat's off to you.

All the Best , Fashion Frank

Thanks Frank, I too love the look of this style of shirt! Once I get a sewing machine set up I hope to make a ton of these so I can wear one everyday, haha!

Pera,Good job on that shirt! Not bad for only your second one.
You have talent man!

Thank you! I don't know about the talent bit though, more like the teacher drumming it into me for four months. I'm a slow learner, not the easiest student to teach

 

[GHT]

Pera. T, compliments to you on that shirt, that's a job well done. Can I give you a simple tip for future reference? You know those tabs that you see when you are cutting out the panels from the pattern? Well don't cut inwards as the pattern suggests, cut outwards. You can always trim off the excess when the garment is finished. Cutting in allows no room for error. It can be too easy, especially when you are still learning, to cut too deep, and if you are making something with very expensive material, then you have just made a very expensive mistake.
I have an alteration in photographic detail of a man's shirt, altered to fit a woman. Complete with altered seams, darts, buttons and buttonholes and appearance to give it the hourglass shape and highlight the ladies beautiful curves.
The shirt is a birthday present, and just in case someone I know might lurk here, I can't show it yet. Later in the month, so be patient.

 

[Johnny J]

We have loungers that have learned how to make Vintage Style Fedoras, Caps, and Suits. Now we need someone to start learning how to make vintage style dress shoes, paying close attention to all the details. That would be awesome!

Any volunteers?

 

[Two Types]

A few years back my wife offered to pay for me to train for any trade I wanted. So I looked for shoe design and making courses. I told her my plans, only for her to reply: "I meant you should get a real trade, like a plumber or an electrician!" So that was the end of that plan.

 

[Johnny J]

Oh well. Maybe someone in the near future can take on the task.

 

[herringbonekid]

...Now we need someone to start learning how to make vintage style dress shoes, paying close attention to all the details. That would be awesome!

anyone with the ability to make shoes to the level of a pair of 1930s Crosby Squares is going to be working in the bespoke shoe business and charging £2500 and upwards per pair, or employed in the workshops of one of the high end makers.

 

[Johnny J]

You are so right HBK! I guess I'm just dreamin'. But the way you and other loungers have learned to make suits is just as difficult, but I guess the shoe maker would need so much more tools and would also need to search for vintage shoe forms in different sizes.

BTW, have you seen some of the fabrics at Dashing Tweeds? Some of them IMO look like vintage 20s styles and would make pretty cool suits and caps! Take a look:
http://www.dashingtweeds.co.uk/

 

[herringbonekid]

You are so right HBK! I guess I'm just dreamin'. But the way you and other loungers have learned to make suits is just as difficult, but I guess the shoe maker would need so much more tools and would also need to search for vintage shoe forms in different sizes.

as well as more specific tools, i imagine that shoemaking requires more learned skills than tailoring does, and it would also be harder to find the info online. there's tons of how-to tailoring stuff online now; sometimes i'm actually amazed how much the big companies like Anderson and Sheppard give away !

BTW, have you seen some of the fabrics at Dashing Tweeds? Some of them IMO look like vintage 20s styles and would make pretty cool suits and caps! Take a look:http://www.dashingtweeds.co.uk/

yes, i've seen those before but never handled any in real life. not sure what sort of weight they are.

 

[Qirrel]

as well as more specific tools, i imagine that shoemaking requires more learned skills than tailoring does, and it would also be harder to find the info online. there's tons of how-to tailoring stuff online now; sometimes i'm actually amazed how much the big companies like Anderson and Sheppard give away !

The information is out there on the internet for shoemaking too though, I think it was on vimeo or maybe youtube I found a long series of videos with a shoemaker demonstrating and explaining every step in the making of a pair of shoes. And this blog: http://carreducker.blogspot.no/ doesn't seem to be afraid of giving away any "secrets".

 

[Johnny J]

There is this video too:

[video=youtube_share;iC0RoNws64Q]http://youtu.be/iC0RoNws64Q[/video]

 

[Two Types]

I'm sure that many of the techniques are achievable but the biggest hurdle would, I imagine, be the creation of a perfect last to match the customer's foot. In tailoring a suit can be tacked together then fitted, checked and altered. That isn't so easy with a personalised last.

 

[DamianM]

From more of that deadstock brocade.

 

[splintercellsz]

Thank you for posting, Damian. Absoutely stunning pattern!