Fifth&Brannan

For those of you that have been following our fittings, the sleeve issue has been resolved! The first and second fit samples were twisting because of the pattern and an innocent mistake made by my seamstress. After the pattern was corrected, my seamstress was still sewing the pleats of the sleeve incorrectly. This is what caused the sleeve to twist in the first place. However, just by looking at the sleeve after completion, you would have never been able to tell there was a sewing error.  The first thing that always came to mind was the pattern.

Once I picked up my third round of fit samples, I took them to my tailor to have buttonholes sewn on.  Industrial buttonhole makers are very expensive. So, for someone like me who doesn’t use one on a daily basis, using a tailor for these minor tasks is necessary if you want a professional looking buttonhole.

While I was at the tailor, I asked for his expert opinion on the sleeves.  He instantly knew what the problem was and assured me he could fix it. He explained to me that the pleats were incorrect, and on one of the shirts the fabric wasn’t cut on the straight grain.  I may be the one to blame for that… It’s hard cutting out fabric at 3AM and not making a mistake :)

I suddenly felt at ease that my samples were in his hands.  After a few anxious days of waiting, I had the patterns back with neat, professional buttonholes and two PERFECT sleeves! I am so thankful I was able to turn my third fit samples into my fourth ones without going through the entire process again.

Below, you will see what was my third round, but became my fourth and final session after a quick fix.  I am very pleased with the outcome, and I hope you all are too!

Next, we have some ideas for our pants, you can look for that in an upcoming post. In the meantime, please leave your comments below! We’d love to hear what you think about the fit, the styling details, our process or even this blog in general. We read every comment and enjoy hearing from you all!