You don't even need a pattern as it is super easy to make your own. To
get the scoop right on the neck line, take a piece of clothing you own and
measure the point from one side of the neck to the other. Draw a line on a piece
of paper.
Then draw your scoop, deciding how low you would like it to go .
This will give you an idea of how deep to make your scoop. Measure the
distance between each side and then half it.
This is how deep the scoop should be at it's deepest point, which is in
the middle. Take a piece of paper large enough to draw your pattern on and fold
it in half. Draw your pattern from the fold line, so that when you cut it
out, it will be one pattern, jointed together at the fold.
This is the first ever collar I ever made, and I made it a little big,
but I decided to use it to show you how you can easily change the size if your
not happy with it.
To change the size, I simply folded the material in half and pinned it
together and then cut it smaller. This can be a bit risky as if you make
a mistake you can't undo it. You can also make several paper collars and muck
around with how they look...
Then I just pinned the material to some scrap material I had left over
from a dress I made.
Then I pinned it together inside out and sewed it together.
I left a gap that I didn't sew up so that I could could pull the
material through to turn it in the right way.
Turned it in the right way...
I handed stitched up the gap to finish the collar.
Now to add the ties. Make sure the ties flow with the line of the
collar, this ensures that when you tie it, the bow will sit right. I hand
stitched these on as well as stitching the ends of them so they wouldn't fray.
All done :)
