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This whole message is in error. Turns out the placket is supposed to be folded in half, and is a part of the front.
However, I’m leaving the message for memory.
Huh! Well, chalk that up to “unfamiliar territory”. This shirt is quite a bit different from the other shirt, but, they both are yielding a lot of ways of changing things. Really hope I remember all of this, HAH! At least a third of it, 
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Anyway, this placket is going to be wider than what the pattern asks for.
Meh, it won’t detract from the shirt in any way, though, and my stitching that I did on the end will be just fine.
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I’ll have to be sure to order this thread all out once I’m done. Oof! What a mess,
Ok! Since I messed up on the collar, I redid it, and this time, I made sure the heads of the dinos would be in view when the collar would be up. If I’m lucky, I’ll get three heads…but I did realize I should have accounted for the tyrannosaurs whole body (like duh! Used to do things like that as an electrician so often it should be like an instinct, yeesh, 
). Meh, it’ll be alright.
And here is how I mark with the chalk. It’s not as good as if it was the fabric chalk, but meh, it suffices for small pieces.
Update:
Oh yeah! That’s much nicer.
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Repairing Errors
Ok! Got the plackets removed, and surprised myself that I was able to rip all the seams without damaging the fabric, 
Now to completely remake the plackets, re-interface, and resew. 
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This is really a labor of love…but I know that you want to make something special. Good for you for being persistent!
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Ok! This is how I decided to piece the plackets to the fabric.
Since I already cut the seams, they’re not going to be exactly the same size in different spots. So I got a seam gauge and am using it for placement. Luckily, the seams that were ripped out left a nice seam line that I can use to match the new plackets to.
And using a two-needle method. One set of needles holds the two fabrics in place til the second set of needles are placed, then the second set of needles holds it for sewing.
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Your have quite the mind to figure out stuff! Looks like you will be done in time for Christmas!
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As long as my body/brain behaves, . Yeesh! This mental blockage is annoying, and I still can’t get comfortable. Luckily, I can do this both standing and sitting. So, for now at least, it’s not overly discomforting. 
Ok! I…eh…am sort of back to where I was. Some fairly big issues with one side. It’s a little longer, which shouldn’t be a problem, but the bottom seam and fabric is a tad off. I’ll need to make another shirt after this to get better at it. Luckily, I could use four or five more shirts for myself, and I can make about that many for my nephews, so fingers crossed that this addled brain can still learn.
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Ok! I’m calling it. It needs to be redone. Ppppp!
Well, the next one should be better, as I’ll have some issues figured out. Oof!
Mental note to self: Needle, even small sewn pieces that fold over. The needling will at least tell you where the other side is. Pppp!
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So far I’m making pretty good progress. Have everything ready (at least I don’t have to remake the collar piece. So that will save time, too).
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This is the first difficult part of this shirt, tucking and sewing the lower raw edge. It’s highly curved. No matter what I tried helped, so I decided to split it in places. (Which I believe makes the shirt more prone to fraying, but I just couldn’t figure out a better solution).
Basting stitch for a guide.
unfortunately, because of the slits, I had to lift the foot often to make sure the slits went under the foot. In doing so, the needle would sometimes be up, to which the fabric moved. Eh, it’s alright.
And it’s not easy to see in the image, but this shirt doesn’t bunch up in places like the previous shirt does from sewing the lower raw edge in one piece verses cutting slits.
Aaaaand right as I’m pulling the basting stitches out I realize why the slits are a really bad idea. Hmm! I think I’ll have to add one more stitch at the base.
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And before I sew up the plackets, I double check the collar by temporarily needling it to the shirt. Looks good. 
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Cutting those slits (your pattern will call it clipping) is the only way to sew a round edge nicely. The fabric is never going to lay flat without clipping, but yes, it’s always a little bit risky. You also risk cutting the fabric a bit too far and into the bit that needs to be stitched.
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I had a pattern call for sewing a basting stitch halfway up your hem allowance, then folding along the stitching and again at the hem allowance. The basting stitches are then pulled tighter along those curves to ease in the extra fabric.
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This is smart, it’s not a technique I’ve ever seen used but I think this would absolutely work!
Huh! This is all mine says. Though, wouldn’t understand a thing if it said any more, heh.
I’ll have to try some practice pieces once I’m done with this…Mental note to self: don’t forget this. Don’t forget what? I don’t remember.
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That method is also good for easing in sleeves. I don’t do my sleeves that way, but it is good for most garment and is a bit easier than how I do it. You can also use a bit of fray ease along the curve to help with any fraying after you clip.
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There’s more than one way to skin a cat…er, hem a shirt?..set a sleeve? I feel like every sleeve I’ve ever done uses basting stitches to ease in the fullness. I have to admit, though, I did just run roughshod over that curved hem because I couldn’t be bothered. There’s a couple tiny tucks on the wrong side of the garment and no one will ever notice.
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