Waistcoat fit

[Dixiecat]

One of the few custom sewing projects that I did for another person was shirtmaking. That was for the ex (and no, I'm not taking applicants for the position...) It's been 4.5yrs since we separated and I know he's still wearing the shirts I made him because of the fit and fabric I used. It's relatively easy to alter a good shirt pattern for neck, bicep, back, chest, waist and arm length. If anyone were interested in sewing their own shirts, I highly recommend the book 'Shirtmaking' by David Page Coffin. He also has a dvd on this subject.

creagdhubh: your arms are too far back. bring them forward of your head, you should be able to see your arms.

[piperdbh]

I agree with my northern neighbor's post above. Shirtmaking has lots of information about all sorts of things, in addition to making shirts.

[Ryan Ross]

Ryan, if you are considering having a shirt made-to-measure, unless you have someone local to do it for you, may I suggest here:
http://www.shirtsyourway.org/

Proceeds from there benefit the museum!

Thanks Matt! I'll take a look.

creagdhubh: your arms are too far back. bring them forward of your head, you should be able to see your arms.

Ouch... SMACKDOWN!!!

[creagdhubh]

One of the few custom sewing projects that I did for another person was shirtmaking. That was for the ex (and no, I'm not taking applicants for the position...) It's been 4.5yrs since we separated and I know he's still wearing the shirts I made him because of the fit and fabric I used. It's relatively easy to alter a good shirt pattern for neck, bicep, back, chest, waist and arm length. If anyone were interested in sewing their own shirts, I highly recommend the book 'Shirtmaking' by David Page Coffin. He also has a dvd on this subject.

creagdhubh: your arms are too far back. bring them forward of your head, you should be able to see your arms.

Cheers, Dixiecat!

Thanks for the advice. I am far more precise with my Highland dancing, now that I have been dancing and taking lessons for almost 6 years. Those photos were taken when I first began taking lessons (quite 'green') from retired dancer, and instructor Sandra Brown of Edinburgh, and later, of Saint Louis, Missouri - she still teaches Highland dance in the Saint Louis area - I was her only male student!

I would never wear 'hard-soled' shoes, especially my Loakes as pictured, whilst dancing nowadays - way too stiff! I obviously wear dance ghillies, which as you are aware, are designed to absorb the impact of the detailed footwork in which many Highland dances require. If I happen to be in hard-soled shoes whilst in Highland dress, and I am encouraged (usually by my wife, or my good mate who's a fantastic, solo-piper) to dance an impromptu fling, or whatever, then I would take off my shoes and dance in my kilt hose, rather than subject my feet to such superfuous fatigue, and my shoes to unnecessary and quite preventable wrinkles.

Cheers,