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 Sleeve 2 Section 1 Completed

Same style work, slow progress being made.

I find this sort of progress tracking rather interesting.  Three full spools and a small amount of a third required to complete one sleeve, two cuffs and one collar.

Since these photos were taken I have fininished the first section of the second sleeve.  The quality of work seems to have improved, although the rate of progress has seemed to slow down a bit.  I was hoping that it would go faster.  Not sure, maybe I was simply having a few off days.

 

 Front and back closeups

 

Here are some pictures of the first section front and back.  I think my quality of stitching has improved greatly with the last 100 hours or so of work on the first sections.

 

Here is the update to date chart of work so far. Still looking like a 350 hour or so project.



Description
Initial frame setup	1
Overall design and layout	2
Research, drawing & layout planning	1.5
Wash and stretch fabric	0.42
Collar	9.67
Cuff 1	4.17
Cuff 2	5
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	1.25

Greenwork Shirt - One Sleeve Done

Well there have been many hours spent thus far and I can now say that I have one collar, two cuffs and one sleeve fully embroidered.  Not much in the way of details to add here.  The process is simply more and more of the same.

Here are the images that I'll be using in various locations on the shirt.

        

Here is the completed sleeve.  I hand washed the material in cold water and then stretched it out by hand to flatten the design.  Here is a pretty bad picture of it hanging in my bathroom drying.

 

I have been keeping a rather detailed log of the work I have put in on this project and below you can see that I have over 90 hours in on this project so far.  Based on the previous estimates and the current progress I still anticipate that the blackwork will take over 300 hours and then I'll have to assemble all the parts.  I am still guessing that this will be about a 330-350 hour project.

Hours By Section

Description
Initial frame setup	1
Overall design and layout	2
Research, drawing & layout planning	1.5
Wash and stretch fabric	0.42
Collar	9.67
Cuff 1	4.17
Cuff 2	5
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	3.08
Sleeve 2 Section 1 - Vines	2.67
Grand Total	93.12

3:42pmHL Guillaume del la Sudeterre His real name is Hayward Hall.