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#RenaissanceShirt, #NilsStureshirt update, one underarm gore sewn in, and I only had to use the seam ripper once!
Picture of a white linen shirt draped over an ironing board. Between the body of the shirt and the sleeve a diamond shaped piece of fabric is sewn on.
July 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social
#RenaissanceShirt, #NilsStureshirt, collar attached. Need to work on my gathering skills a bit, get some gathering stitches outside the stitch line, but I'm content with this. Need to clean up some loose threads, then onto attaching the sleeves and underarm gussets.
July 7, 2026 at 9:37 PM
tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social
#RenaissanceShirt, #NilsStureshirt update, working on sleeves, including felled seam. For those who don't know, a felled seam is where one side of the seam allowance is trimmed to half the width and then encapsulate in the other side so there are no raw edges. The outer seam on jeans is felled.
Closeup of a sleeve seam showing the lower seam allowance trimmed, and the 1st pressing of the upper seam allowance over it to the seam line Completed felled seam ready for stitching, the under seam allowance encapsulated in the upper seam allowance.
July 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
tinkeringtailortom.bsky.social
Finally finished the #NilsStureshirt.
Notice the length difference, and in the 3rd Pic how with the arm raised the wrist cuff doesn't slide down the forearm, and in the 4th the difference in the ruffs
Composite picture, on the left a handmade reconstruction of a 16th century shirt. The shirt goes down to the knees, and has full ruffs at wrists and collar. The store bought shirt on the right barely goes down to the hips and the wrist and collar ruffs are much simpler Back views of a handmade 16th century shirt on the left and the store bought one on the right, again highlighting the difference in length and ruff fullness Picture of the shirts worn with an arm raised. On the left the handmade shirt, with no arm showing. The wrist cuff is at the wrist. On the right the wrist cuff is several inches down the forearm, Closeup of the upper chest and head highlighting the difference in fullness of the collar ruffs between the reproduction shirt on the left and the store bought shirt on the right. On the left the ruff is full enough and heavy enough it falls to a horizontal position, the collar ruff on the store bought shirt on the right maintains a more vertical orientation.
September 12, 2026 at 8:51 PM