The tendency to wear a separate collar on top of clothes is far from new; since the Middle Ages, fashionable women and fashionable women have given great importance to starched stiles and have shown accurate overhead collars.
Modern needlewomen, lovers of original things and exclusive accessories, have gone much further in their fantasies and craftsmanship, thinking about how to sew a collar. In many ways, talented designers come to the rescue of modern fittings, an infinite number of goods for needlework. Therefore, making do-it-yourself collars with your own hands today is not so much difficult as exciting and interesting.
How to sew a collar will be interesting not only to a professional designer, but also to a novice lover. Performing this detail in different techniques, you can independently choose the level of difficulty and try to create your own cute gift for your beloved.
Well, consider how to sew a collar, and what variations exist.
One of the methods, the simplest and fastest, is to decorate a ready-made collar from an old shirt to your taste. A classic shirt with a stand-up collar is very suitable for this.
So, you need to:
-find a shirt matching the color and style,
- carefully cut off the collar from the main part of the product,
-work manually or on a typewriter cropped edge - the basis for creativity is ready,
- now the fun begins - decorating the collar and turning it with the magical movements of your hands into a work of art and a beautiful elegant accessory.
There are an infinite number of options: you can play in contrasts, you can draw a collar in one color scheme, playing at the overflow of halftones of the material that you decided to decorate. It can be beads, large beads of pearls, rhinestones, small and large sequins, hand embroidery with satin or cross stitch. You need to imagine what clothes you are going to wear the finished product with. With elegant dress or as an addition to everyday pullover.
The next option is a bit more complicated, it is how to sew the collar yourself.
In order to create overhead collars with your own hands from scratch, do the following:
- use a pattern of different types of collars: a collar on a detachable stand, a collar on a one-piece stand, a turn-down collar;
- transfer the details of the paper pattern to the fabric from the wrong side, cut them along the contours and sew. It is advisable to do this on a typewriter, but it can also be done carefully by hand, only using as small stitches as possible. The lower part of the collar can be removed after turning it out, or you can leave a small cut and turn the collar through it to the front side.
Important: in order for the collar to be stiff and keep in shape, between its two parts it is possible to lay a non-woven or doubler. This self-adhesive fabric is very easy to use, you just need to attach it to the part and iron it with a warm iron, as the product takes shape. For stand-up collars it is very convenient. In addition, you can make such a collar of leather or fur.
Then it remains only to decorate it to your taste. In addition to the ideas already described above on how to sew a collar with your own hands, you can offer to decorate it with pieces of fur, a vintage brooch at the junction of the halves, textile rose or poppy seeds, which can also be made independently.
A beautiful guipure is suitable for decoration; a combination of white with black or red with black looks gorgeous. However, it is impossible to list all the variety of variations, you just can not be too lazy and try to do it yourself!
Good luck to you! Lovely needlewomen! Be fashionable and compelling !!!