I finally got around to finishing McCall 5522. I took a long time completing it because this is one of the projects on which I am focusing on finishing the interior as well as the exterior.
For this pattern, I cut my normal size 18, which matches my bust and waist measurements. I did not do any alterations because this pattern contained separate pattern peices for B, C, and D cups. I am a (spoken at a whisper) 34DDD, so used the D pieces assuming that there would be enough ease to accommodate. I did find, however, that there was MORE than enough room. The one place there isn't a whole lot of room? In the arms. If I make this again, I will give myself about an extra half inch in the bicep area. Here is the finished product:
For this project, I used french seams and binding (details in two previous posts) in order to finish the interior. Here is a photo of the interior of the shirt:
The collar stand and front placket also hide raw edges. They are folded under and whip-stitched:
I finished the armhole seams with white binding, as well as the underbust seam. On the underbust seam I was able to use my binding foot, but for the armholes, I just pinned the binding down and sewed using the regular presser foot.
This is also the first time that I have used my buttonhole attachment. It works like a dream, although I did manage to do a complete bonehead move and put the buttonholes on the front running from side to side rather than along the long axis of the placket. I know, I'm a dork. But then I realized that this is only the second garment that I have made with buttons, everything else ties or zips!
They may be on sideways, but the attachment does make lovely buttonholes:
