Greenwork Shirt About Completed!

Probably not a lot in the way of comments on this post.  I have spent 330 hours to get the shirt to the point where you see it at the end of this post.  All that is left now is to add the tapes to close the cuffs and collar.  

 

I continued to measure my progress by how many spools of thread I used.  I had anticipated using 10 spools and when the project reached it's conclusion I had used about 9.2 spools.  Pretty good estimate.

To test the layout I placed the cut out design pieces around on the shirt to determine if I liked the look and layout.  Once determined I transferred each image onto the shirt a few at a time.

 

 

 

Three spools left to finish the front and assemble the pieces.

Front and back finished!  All the greenwork completed I started working on the border.  All the borders are a basic buttonhole type stitch.  Once all the edges are completed I whip stitched them together.

Armpit and shoulder gussets.

 

Sleeve assembly with gusset attached.

  

  

Wrist opening is about 2 inches from the edge of the sleeve.

 

Armpit gusset view of the first sleeve after it was attached.

 

Detail of front opening before collar attached.

Small bit of reinforcement at the bottom of the neck opening.

 

Shoulder gusset attached.  The extant shirt I was modeling this after was not assembled using the buttonhole edge approach.  I combined the design of three extant shirts to arrive at my design.  One of the extant shirts I saw which was assembled with this buttonhole edge approach did not have such a treatment on the shoulder gusset.  I decided to add it on my shirt.  This is one of the small items of the design I don't really care for on the completed shirt.  I'm not sure if I would do it again the same or not.  The look may grow on me, but right now I don't really care for the edge-work on the shoulder gusset.

 

Some of the extant shirts had a small tab to reinforce the slit up the side of the shirt.  I decided to add a small triangle of material.  This is the second version of the tabs which I created.  The first version where more like an isosceles triangle.  They appeared to wide and therefore I decided to toss them and make these revised tabs.

 

Finished cuffs and collar.

 

 

 

Down to about 80% of my final spool with only the closures to finish.  Once I decide how I'll construct the tapes I'll add them.  For now the 330 hour project is on hold.

Here is a chart of the hours spent on each section of the project.

Description
Cuff and Collar Layout	0.67
Edgework layout	0.33
Initial frame setup	1
Overall design and layout	7.33
Research, drawing & layout planning	1.5
Wash and stretch fabric	0.42
Assembly	5.58
Back Section 1 - Flowers/Bees	6.42
Back Section 1 - Vines	8.83
Back Section 2 - Flowers/Bees	7.25
Back Section 2 - Vines	10
Back Section 3 - Vines	9.08
Body Bottom Hem	3.25
Collar	9.67
Cuff 1	4.17
Cuff 2	5
Cuff/Collar Assembly	8.58
Edgework Armpit Gusset	1.92
Edgework Body	7.17
Edgework Body - Front	1.42
Edgework Neck Gusset	0.83
Edgework Sleeve 1	4.08
Edgework Sleeve 2	2
Front Section 1 - Flowers/Bees	7.67
Front Section 1 - Vines	10.33
Front Section 2 - Flowers/Bees	9.25
Front Section 2 - Vines	9.42
Front Section 3 - Flowers/Bees	7.58
Front Section 3 - Vines (double)	13.58
Front Section 4 - Flowers/Bees	7.42
Front Section 4 - Vines	14.17
Front Section 5 - Vines	10.25
Shoulder Gusset	1.25
Side Bottom Gusset	1.17
Sleeve 1 Section 1 - Flowers/Bees	5
Sleeve 1 Section 1 - Vines	12.33
Sleeve 1 Section 2 - Flowers/Bees	4.28
Sleeve 1 Section 2 - Vines	11.25
Sleeve 1 Section 3 - Flowers/Bees	3.33
Sleeve 1 Section 3 - Vines	9.83
Sleeve 1 Section 4 - Flowers/Bees	4
Sleeve 1 Section 4 - Vines	11.5
Sleeve 1 Section 5 - Vines	2.08
Sleeve 2 Section 1 - Flowers/Bees	5.33
Sleeve 2 Section 1 - Vines	13.92
Sleeve 2 Section 2 - Flowers/Bees	4.33
Sleeve 2 Section 2 - Vines	12.25
Sleeve 2 Section 3 - Flowers/Bees	4.58
Sleeve 2 Section 3 - Vines	10.08
Sleeve 2 Section 4 - Flowers/Bees	5.25
Sleeve 2 Section 4 - Vines	11
Sleeve 2 Section 5 - Vines	1.92
Grand Total	330.87

Here are a coupld graphs of the hours spent.  I think I went a bit overboard tracking time on this one.

Greenwork Shirt Hits the Halfway Point!

With the stitching you see on this page the Greenwork shirt hits the halfway point.  Based on my estimates I believe the shirt will take about 345 hours to complete.  The completion of this section below was done as I hit 178 hours.  I have completed the greenwork on the collar, both cuffs and both sleeves.  This is the beginning of the design on the back of the shirt.  The repeating pattern continued on the sleeves for 28 inches.  The front and back of the shirt only require about 18 inches of stitching.  The remaining portion of the estimated time will be allowed for completion of the edgework and assembly.

Here is the back of the design.  I have to say that my overall quality of work appears to have improved a great deal in the last 175 hours or so.  From the front you cannot really tell, but from the back you can.  I don't really care what the back looks like, but I imagine that some judges will want to look at the inside of the garment anyway.

I have formally announced today that I intend to enter this as one of my 5 entries in the Middle Kingdom Pentathalon A&S competition in 2015.  Now to begin planning on the next 4 entries.

Some close ups of the images on the back of the shirt.  I like to make subtle differances between the bees.  Some have differant eyes and a couple even have a little smirk on their faces.  Mostly I did that for my daughers.  They really got a kick out of the bees.