Tight neckline ribbing
My boys have big heads, but even so, some of the ribbing on ready to wear clothing is riduclously tight.
This morning I replaced the ribbing on several nice (obvioulsy never used, wonder why?) shirts that were given to me. The boys picked out the ribbing they wanted from my stash and are thrilled with their new shirts.
I used a straight edge razor blade to cut the stitches between the ribbing and shirt fabric after reading Katherine Spike's book about how professionals never use seam rippers. It went very fast compared to normal, in fact that tip was why I even dared to tackle the project. I then cut 1/4" deeper into the neckline of the shirt. I measured the cut off ribbing and made the new ribbing the same width for each shirt and and 1" or 2 longer, depending on the stretch. I simply serged the new necklines on and that was it.
Done and easy.
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Melanie
3 boys (6,4,2,Due June 19)
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