Lace Jacket - Converting a shawl collar to a notched collar

2014-05-13 07:13

From blog Sew Hopeful

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Lace Jacket - Converting a shawl collar to a notched collar

I made up Kwik Sew 3334 again, this time in a really nice navy lace from Spotlight, which I also managed to sew wrong side out (that's what happens when making the "which side is the right side" decision at 10pm at night in poor lighting). I was rather over the shawl collar that comes with this pattern, mainly because of the seamline that falls right at the roll line. It just doesn't have the same fall/hang as a proper notched collar, even though of course the up side is it is much easier to sew. So I decided to have a go at converting the pattern to one with a traditional notched collar. As I was sewing with lace with a fair amount of body I decided not to...

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