Making The Pin Tucks

The Pin Tucks

When completing this first stage of the shirt, I found it took me several attempts to correctly achieve the straight neat lines. After showing Dexter my first attempt he said how important it was to tack and evenly mark the lines lightly in pencil before sewing, as this all helps to keep the tucks flat and straight. Even though this stage was frustrating as I re-did my tucks twice, with a bit of patience I got there in the end!

As a costume maker I have learnt how important it is to repeat steps when making a costume, especially if its a focal design feature like these shirt tucks. I feel even thought they were hard, it was well worth making them again as I feel a lot happier with my costume outcome!