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10/14/2005

Playing With Collars, again...


Recently I've been working on developing new blouse collar design variations. This "Crush Collar" is applied as a bias ruffle, then manipulated into folds that are tacked down randomly along the neck edge. The center-front placket is tucked from the wrong side to soften the extension and complete the softly random look of the garment.

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13 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

wow pam you really have revamped you rgreat site do take care
jane

9:39 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I Really like this collar. Part of your comments on the web page are not showing.

10:02 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Interesting blob. Too bad you chose a dark color. Impossible to see what's going on.

4:07 PM  
Blogger Pam Erny said...

The "Interesting Blob Collar" has a certain ring to it..but...I think I prefer 'Softly Random' instead, LOL!

It's not always my intention to photograph a test garment, so I use whatever suitable fabric is at hand..whatever the color.

9:07 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love the look of this collar! How wide a ruffle did you use and what fabric is this?

2:58 PM  
Blogger Pam Erny said...

Hi Carol...

The fabric is a very soft sandwashed silk. I started with a bias strip that was about 7" wide, folded it, gathered it into a ruffle, and then applied it to the neck edge. The random stitching down of the folds is the last step.

6:18 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks Pam! I thought it looked wonderfully soft - I love sandwashed silk! It's a great technique, I may have to try it myself ... if you don't mind.

5:00 PM  
Blogger Pam Erny said...

Hi Carol...of course I don't mind! In fact, I'm flattered that you are going to try it!

Pam

6:44 AM  
Blogger Anne said...

I love this collar. Too bad I don't sew anymore. This can be used in many interesting designs.

7:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This would be GREAT for the holidays! Thanks for sharing with us!

Kathy

11:26 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In response to how dark the photo is: I found that when I copied the photo, pasted it into another application (Word) and printed it, it came out lighter and you can see the detail! Very beautiful collar!

Kathy

2:18 PM  
Blogger Londa said...

PAM! This is wonderful!!!!!!!! Can I do it too? I don't understand what you said you did then on the center-fornt placket though...explain more please.

12:56 PM  
Blogger Pam Erny said...

Hi Londa,
This is a 'convertible collar' fold-back facing...so...the CF would be a straight 90 degree angle, if I didn't manipulate it. What I did was simply turn it wrong side out, and at the CF point of the turnback, I merely ran a short line of tight gathering stitches. From the right site it looks "pinched and tucked" like the collar.

6:41 AM  

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