alliswell
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Two questions about altering a shirt collar for the tailors / alteration experts / can't-leave-well-enough-alone types on here:
1. Point-to-spread.
I have a shirt with a point collar. I'd like the shirt more with a spread collar. I imagine it would involve taking the collar off the shirt and turning it inside out, re-doing the end, moving the stay pocket and turning it right side out and reassembling.
a) Is this alteration possible?
b) Can it be done reasonably, or should I just replace the collar?
2. Taking in shirt collar
I'd really like the shirt if the collar were 3/4" tighter, too. I imagine that this would involve at least taking the yoke in at the top by the requisite 3/4". The collar's already off from above, so it should be possible to take the 3/4" out of the collar by folding it in half and stitching 3/8" from the fold. Cut out the excess material, turn the collar right side out, iron it and re-attach.
I can live with the vertical seam in the collar.
a) Is this alteration possible?
b) Can it be done reasonably, or should I just replace the collar?
1. Point-to-spread.
I have a shirt with a point collar. I'd like the shirt more with a spread collar. I imagine it would involve taking the collar off the shirt and turning it inside out, re-doing the end, moving the stay pocket and turning it right side out and reassembling.
a) Is this alteration possible?
b) Can it be done reasonably, or should I just replace the collar?
2. Taking in shirt collar
I'd really like the shirt if the collar were 3/4" tighter, too. I imagine that this would involve at least taking the yoke in at the top by the requisite 3/4". The collar's already off from above, so it should be possible to take the 3/4" out of the collar by folding it in half and stitching 3/8" from the fold. Cut out the excess material, turn the collar right side out, iron it and re-attach.
I can live with the vertical seam in the collar.
a) Is this alteration possible?
b) Can it be done reasonably, or should I just replace the collar?