How to Make a Dress Shirt
Making dress shirts is not difficult at all, even if you are at a beginner level. But making of a quality custom dress shirts needs good hands for a quality craftsmanship. That is where quality clothes are made of, from a well practiced hands. You cannot be a great tailor if you did not spend time and effort practicing in making mens dress shirts, remember the saying, “patience is virtue”.
Mens dress shirts is all about the fit, so make sure that your measurements are right, if there is a need to measure again, do it to avoid mishaps. In the cutting and sewing of the clothes, it may be hard at the beginning, but as the saying goes, “practice makes perfect”, this gives you hope that you can be a great tailor. You just have to put your heart on what you are doing, and practice more. In due time, you can develop hands of a quality workmanship.
The first thing that you need to do is measure your subject including the nape of the neck down to the end of the waist just above the tailbone. Then, measure around the bust and waist, including the length of the arms and width of the shoulder.
Keep all the measurements in a notebook using a permanent marker. You should not also forget to write the name of the person and identify the parts being measured,
Next, choose a fabric that a person will be wearing or better yet let the person choose the fabric he wants to wear.
Then, use a pattern outline guide at a local fabric shop. Choose also the collar and the kind of cuff you want and its type of fit. Apply all your measurements to the pattern, starting from the top moving downwards. Use a pencil this time to mark where you need to cut.
Cut the pattern in your chosen fabric then sew it with a sewing machine. Use the closest tone of thread so the custom dress shirts will look polished and elegant.
Lastly, add the buttons with the use of a sewing machine. The patterns you bought will guide you in creating buttonholes. See to it that the buttonholes are not too big or small for the buttons of the mens dress shirts.
