I was getting cross-eyed trying to read pattern instructions and found this video. Thank you so much! Made my first collar ever, so pleased I could have kittens. You're an excellent instructor!
This was my first time following a tutorial for anything. Have made many collars following pattern instructions ... never came out perfect. This one did!!! Love the in-depth instructions and easy-to-follow hands-on demonstrations. Thanks. Frances J
I am making a collared shirt for my husband and have been stuck for several weeks. I have learned so much from Professor Pin Cushion. She explains every detail in a way that even a beginner like me can understand. I was getting ready to give sewing up. Thank you for your this and all your GREAT TUTORIALS
That was such an amazing tutorial! Thank you so much! I just took apart one of my husband's old button up shirts and I plan on using it as a pattern to make new ones, your tutorial is a huge help! :)
I haven’t sew a shirt collar for over 35 years and I needed to help my daughter to convert a crew neck tee to a v-neck with a pointy collar on a last minute notice. I am glad your tutorial came to the top on my search because it is exactly what I needed. So no time is wasted. Your tutorial is clear and easy to follow. I started with a collar pattern that I found online and adjusted it to suit my needs, then I followed your tutorial to sew it up. The collar came along nicely and looked perfect on the v-neck tee. Thanks so much! Great tutorial. You are a life saver!!
Bless you for this video. I have been struggling through reading a pattern and couldn't visualize this. I have been working on making my projects look cleaner and better and this helped tremendously!
Many thanks. I have followed you step by step through this video and now have a good collar attachment with its collar band. I always find attaching collars confusing but this has been a great help.
These are the best sewing tutorials! One can always clearly see, to the point, good pace, easy to follow... my Ottobre pattern had directions in a language I don't read, so I only had the pattern pieces and no directions :P
Thank you so much for a perfect video on how to put together a collar. I am from El Paso, Texas and never took the time to learn from my mom who was a seamstresses, well I did learn a little. Any way, the pattern instructions were difficult for me to understand, but your video taught me right. Have a wonderful day. Will look forward more of your videos.
I usually hate stitching but as a fashion designing student I have to stitch...your video tutorials are really so gud and after seeing it I feel stitching nt really boring.. Thanks professor... It would help me more if all the vedios are available in the offline mode
Love! Love! Love! your tutorials. Currently I'm quarantined with Covid and unable to attend any community classes. You've been a life saver. Now I can finish my project. Just one question, what kind of interfacing did you use? Medium? Thank you so much!
Loved this! I was making my first shirt today and was having problems following the pattern. This video made it much clearer. Going to fix the ends...I wasn't sure how they were supposed to fold. Thanks so much. Saved this video to my favourites....and subscribed!
I've been racking my brain with these pattern instructions I'm working with. I've tried the collar twice as instructed and I'm so confused, but this makes so much sense! Thank you!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Did I say, "Thank you"? I am working on a free pattern called The Overture Set that I got with the Love of Sewing magazine. The pictures and instructions for the collar were confusing to me. Your video has helped me get the collar done. Thank you, again.
Thanks so much for posting this video, I have been trying for over a week to make a collar and I keep coming up short on the collar band, my tutor did not show me all of this, thanks again!!!
GREAT TUTORIAL !! I am making a shirt for the first time and this was very helpful,actually more than helpful, it let me do it..thank you so very much..a fan Bill
Looks great Professor Pincushion . I am making a MCCalls 6044 short sleeve shirt for my husband for his birthday and this really helped me so much.. Thank you. :D
The video was very detailed and helpful. I made my first shirt today and parts of the collar I wasn’t as happy with, I definitely understood the mistakes after watching this video..thank you
Professor Pincushion thank you! Wish I could attach the end results. I was extremely proud of the job I did. Thanks again. Love your videos been subscribed for years..
Hey, really love the tutorial! I got this really nice brand golf shirt but didn’t pay attention to the tag instructions, washed it on hot water cycle, the tag was nylon and melted all over the collar. Shirt is silver polyester and I wanted to change the color to the color only on the side that gets flipped (where the nylon spotting is) to red. Would you have any advice for me in that regard? Would I be able to sew a fabric on just the inside instead of changing the whole collar and what would I need to add to retain the shape of the collar? Would greatly appreciate any feedback!
The slip stitch of the collar band seems redundant, since you do an edge stitch around the perimeter of the collar band. Is there a reason for the slip stitch?
This is a great tutorial! Thank you so much. I do have a question about trimming the four layers of the seam allowance of the collar and collar band. Why don't you grade the layers? And if you do, would you suggest the two inner layers of the collar be cut shorter than the two layers from the collar band?
Kim Bankston yes, you can definitely grade. My fabric was kind of on the thin side but it doesn't hurt to do it. I would probably make the collar shorter than the band.
Thank you Professor Pincushion for simplifying this procedure. Now I can finish my Jackets with a standard collar instead of doing a mandarin collar. Again thank you and have a great day.
Thank you! This is very useful. I'm making a costume with someone who has a white shirt with a collar, and I can't find one. So I might as well make one :D
If I'm using a contrasting fabric for the inside of the collar, does it matter what side I attach the fusible interfacing to? Ex: the collar will be purple on the inside and black on the outisde. Thank you!
1. I LOVE your nails! 2. You make me miss my sewing machine (in japan right now) 3. I hope that one day I'm as good a seamstress as you. 4. Seasons' Greetings!
wonderful tutorial! :) will try and use these steps to make a smaller collar for my doggy! do you think i can starch the material instead of using interfacing?
xianated Are you planning on washing it? because starch will come out in water and then you'll have a flimsy collar again. I would use interfacing and then you don't have to worry about it.
I've always had trouble getting my collars to look as good as something off a store shelf and I was afraid to slip stitch. After seeing this video, I'm ready to dive back into sewing and finish a jacket that's been in planning for months.
thank you very much for this video I learn a lot and understand how to properly sew a collar in a shirt, you make me fall in love with sewing a over again. thanks!!!!!
hello..nice n clear tut.. Is the treatment of collar band the same with bias band?...since there are patterns that just have a collar pattern n ask us to make a bias band
when they say bias band, I just imagine they mean that the band is cut on the bias of the fabric, usually to give the band a bit of a stretch. If it looks the same as my band, then I would say, you're going to sew it on in a similar method.
You probably just need to trim more of the seam allowance in that area. Then on the right side, very carefully, use a straight pin to pull out the fabric as much as you can. You can also buy a little tool at the fabric store that looks like a flat, pointy stick to push out corners but I just use a straight pin.
Oh nooo.. I am following an online course for sewing and pattern-drafting and that instructor also left out how to pin it to the neckline so that you don't end up sewing in the wrinkles of the fabric us novices can't "pin- away".. Or "Force pin it to work together" like you say.. I cut out my 5th practice pattern of a standing collar and bodice so I can take a deep breath and go at it a 5th time tomorrow. I found many videos on how to make a collar but NONE show us the most difficult part: Pinning it to the shirt/ bodice so you don't end up sewing in wrinkles.. ANY TIPS are very very much appreciated.
![COLOMBIA vs. CHILE [4-0] | RESUMEN | ELIMINATORIAS SUDAMERICANAS | FECHA 10](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TDjN4W3yy1k/mqdefault.jpg)
I was getting cross-eyed trying to read pattern instructions and found this video. Thank you so much! Made my first collar ever, so pleased I could have kittens. You're an excellent instructor!
This was my first time following a tutorial for anything. Have made many collars following pattern instructions ... never came out perfect. This one did!!! Love the in-depth instructions and easy-to-follow hands-on demonstrations. Thanks. Frances J
yay! I love hearing this! Don't let shirt collars get you down. You can do it :D
I am making a collared shirt for my husband and have been stuck for several weeks. I have learned so much from Professor Pin Cushion. She explains every detail in a way that even a beginner like me can understand. I was getting ready to give sewing up. Thank you for your this and all your GREAT TUTORIALS
yay! I'm so glad you got it figured out! :) Never give up
That was such an amazing tutorial! Thank you so much! I just took apart one of my husband's old button up shirts and I plan on using it as a pattern to make new ones, your tutorial is a huge help! :)
That's a great idea! I'm sure it'll work out perfectly :)
I haven’t sew a shirt collar for over 35 years and I needed to help my daughter to convert a crew neck tee to a v-neck with a pointy collar on a last minute notice. I am glad your tutorial came to the top on my search because it is exactly what I needed. So no time is wasted. Your tutorial is clear and easy to follow. I started with a collar pattern that I found online and adjusted it to suit my needs, then I followed your tutorial to sew it up. The collar came along nicely and looked perfect on the v-neck tee. Thanks so much! Great tutorial. You are a life saver!!
I'm so glad you found our tutorial helpful :)
Bless you for this video. I have been struggling through reading a pattern and couldn't visualize this. I have been working on making my projects look cleaner and better and this helped tremendously!
Same!
I've watched numerous videos and yours was by far the best one explaining how to do it. Thank you
For a guy who has not sewn since grade school that was VERY impressive!
Loved this video which has helped me enormously with inserting a collar and collar stand on a class project. Thank you so very much.
This is the best collar tutorial I've seen. :)
xrarelightx Thanks so much for the kind words :)
As usual you explained it very clearly. Especially the "sandwich" part of the collar. Thank you!
Many thanks. I have followed you step by step through this video and now have a good collar attachment with its collar band. I always find attaching collars confusing but this has been a great help.
Thank you! I was absolutely at a loss sewing a vintage pattern and you made it so easy! ❤
you did an amazing job on this project. I am curious what about collar stays?
I can always count on your videos to help others learn about sewing, including those stay at home moms like me.
There's a special place in heaven for you
Thank you so much. I have been watching all your videos with each step of my blouse.
this is so helpful! i struggled with collars so much like ive literally sat for hours thinking how i should go about it...
These are the best sewing tutorials! One can always clearly see, to the point, good pace, easy to follow... my Ottobre pattern had directions in a language I don't read, so I only had the pattern pieces and no directions :P
Fucoc thanks for the kind words. so glad you found our tutorials helpful :)
Thanks so much for this tutorial. It helped me a bunch! I just finished sewing my first collar on a shirt. Now it's time for the sleeves!
This is excellent. I never seen a collar put together so perfectly. Thank you for sharing it.😊
Thank you so much for a perfect video on how to put together a collar. I am from El Paso, Texas and never took the time to learn from my mom who was a seamstresses, well I did learn a little. Any way, the pattern instructions were difficult for me to understand, but your video taught me right. Have a wonderful day. Will look forward more of your videos.
I'm glad you found our tutorial helpful :)
Thank you for this video. Should the button hole be added to the collar band before attaching it to the collar?
Thanks so much, I couldn't make sense out of what the pattern was asking me to do, this vid was very clear!
I usually hate stitching but as a fashion designing student I have to stitch...your video tutorials are really so gud and after seeing it I feel stitching nt really boring.. Thanks professor... It would help me more if all the vedios are available in the offline mode
Manisha Bhandari sorry, they're only currently available online. I'm so glad you're finding our tutorials helpful though. thanks for watching!
It's same for me xD but yes her videos all are cool i love it cause it's easy to understand and she made sewing cool too 😂
Manisha Bhandari u r some one just like.
This video was very clear! My pattern doesn’t have a collar band - any suggestions ?
You give amazing instructions, clear and precise directions with close up video to match. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the kind words! :)
Thank you, made it so much easier to sew the collar as I struggled with the instructions in the pattern.
Your videos have saved my project and turned a frustrating affair very enjoyable. Thank you! Thank you!
Shelly Sawyer Jenson yay! you can do it! :) Glad to help
Love! Love! Love! your tutorials. Currently I'm quarantined with Covid and unable to attend any community classes. You've been a life saver. Now I can finish my project. Just one question, what kind of interfacing did you use? Medium?
Thank you so much!
That's it short and accurate, what people want to hear. Many thanks for sharing us!
You're tutorials are phenomenal! Thank you so much...you're a lifesaver!
Thank you so much! :)
Wow prof you made this tutorial so simple for us to understand. Thank you so much.
Loved this! I was making my first shirt today and was having problems following the pattern. This video made it much clearer. Going to fix the ends...I wasn't sure how they were supposed to fold. Thanks so much. Saved this video to my favourites....and subscribed!
Thank you so much... I am looking forward to growing with you. This tutorial helped me tremendously 🙌🏾
so glad you're finding our tutorials helpful :)
I've been racking my brain with these pattern instructions I'm working with. I've tried the collar twice as instructed and I'm so confused, but this makes so much sense! Thank you!
I'm so glad you found our tutorial helpful :)
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Did I say, "Thank you"? I am working on a free pattern called The Overture Set that I got with the Love of Sewing magazine. The pictures and instructions for the collar were confusing to me. Your video has helped me get the collar done. Thank you, again.
yay! I'm so glad it worked out for you :)
You explained this so clearly! Thank you!!
Thank you for this video. The pattern I’m using was not clear and I was about to sew it on wrong. Your video is very clear.
Best sewing tutorial ever! Close up is wondeerful, and in focus!! :)
CherCherie Thank you. So glad you enjoyed it :)
Thank you I have gotten back into sewing during this time and I can’t wait to try this ASAP, appreciate how clear the instructions were👍
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you that is the easiest tutorial i have seen.
LOVE your tutorial. Instructions are very clear. Very helpful. Thank you. 👏👏👏👏
Hello from Schulenburg, Texas 😊 I know this is a old video but I learned a lot ❤ can't wait to see what else you have.
I was struggling with my first collar. Thank you so much for this super clear tutorial!
glad to help! :)
Thanks so much for posting this video, I have been trying for over a week to make a collar and I keep coming up short on the collar band, my tutor did not show me all of this, thanks again!!!
GREAT TUTORIAL !! I am making a shirt for the first time and this was very helpful,actually more than helpful, it let me do it..thank you so very much..a fan Bill
Fabulous demonstration; thank you!
I'm trying to make little doll clothes for one of my nieces. this has helped so much, thanks!
Looks great Professor Pincushion . I am making a MCCalls 6044 short sleeve shirt for my husband for his birthday and this really helped me so much.. Thank you. :D
cjanemake your husband is so lucky that you make stuff for him! I know you'll do great :)
these videos save my life
The video was very detailed and helpful. I made my first shirt today and parts of the collar I wasn’t as happy with, I definitely understood the mistakes after watching this video..thank you
I'm so glad you got it figured out :)
Professor Pincushion thank you! Wish I could attach the end results. I was extremely proud of the job I did. Thanks again. Love your videos been subscribed for years..
Hey, really love the tutorial! I got this really nice brand golf shirt but didn’t pay attention to the tag instructions, washed it on hot water cycle, the tag was nylon and melted all over the collar. Shirt is silver polyester and I wanted to change the color to the color only on the side that gets flipped (where the nylon spotting is) to red. Would you have any advice for me in that regard? Would I be able to sew a fabric on just the inside instead of changing the whole collar and what would I need to add to retain the shape of the collar? Would greatly appreciate any feedback!
Thank you for another awesome tutorial. Love the way my nephew's collar came out.
I love this tutorial! Excellent.
The best collar tutorial, thank you!
The slip stitch of the collar band seems redundant, since you do an edge stitch around the perimeter of the collar band. Is there a reason for the slip stitch?
Thank you for such wonderful instructions. This video was a great help to me.
This is a great tutorial! Thank you so much. I do have a question about trimming the four layers of the seam allowance of the collar and collar band. Why don't you grade the layers? And if you do, would you suggest the two inner layers of the collar be cut shorter than the two layers from the collar band?
Kim Bankston yes, you can definitely grade. My fabric was kind of on the thin side but it doesn't hurt to do it. I would probably make the collar shorter than the band.
Very helpful, the pattern instructions are clear as mud.
Saved me. Thank you for sharing. I was not understanding the pattern instructions at all.
Thank you Professor Pincushion for simplifying this procedure. Now I can finish my Jackets with a standard collar instead of doing a mandarin collar. Again thank you and have a great day.
love your hands!!! great tutorial, will be visiting again
Thanks for watching! :)
Thank you! This is very useful. I'm making a costume with someone who has a white shirt with a collar, and I can't find one. So I might as well make one :D
If I'm using a contrasting fabric for the inside of the collar, does it matter what side I attach the fusible interfacing to? Ex: the collar will be purple on the inside and black on the outisde. Thank you!
1. I LOVE your nails! 2. You make me miss my sewing machine (in japan right now) 3. I hope that one day I'm as good a seamstress as you. 4. Seasons' Greetings!
I'm a fashion design student and I can tell this is a very useful video.
Thank you so much, for your great,great tutorials I'm so happy, and you are a very good teacher God bless you.
Lidia Contreras thanks so much for the kind words
Hi thank you so much for sharing beautiful caller skill, 👍👍👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
thanks that cleared my head completely - great video
Yup, best video on this. Wish I could find more. I have patterns for convertible collars, Italian, etc. this helps a lot.
Thanks, didn't know that the rounded edge of the smaller collar wasn't necessary. I always have trouble making the curved symmetrical.
so glad you found our tutorial helpful :)
Thank you for this video! I made my first ever shirt dress collar guided by you!
Fabulous instructions so clear thank you
wonderful tutorial! :) will try and use these steps to make a smaller collar for my doggy! do you think i can starch the material instead of using interfacing?
xianated Are you planning on washing it? because starch will come out in water and then you'll have a flimsy collar again. I would use interfacing and then you don't have to worry about it.
Professor Pincushion good point, didn't think of that.
Thanks for this video Professor ! I understand directly!😊gonna make shirt for my aunt later 😀
Thank you!! Exactly what I needed to finish the shirt
thank you very much. Very clear video and description
Great. Step by step instructions using solid dark and light colors so you can see the stitching will be visiting again and again
I've always had trouble getting my collars to look as good as something off a store shelf and I was afraid to slip stitch. After seeing this video, I'm ready to dive back into sewing and finish a jacket that's been in planning for months.
You can do it! Don't be intimidated, just take your time :)
Is it okay to edge stitch instead of slip stitch in the end ?
Best tutorial I have seen on here brill.
Thanks for the kind words!
Maybe been asked before and/or dumb question, but.. can't one just trim the edges very narrow? thanks for the tut(s)
thank you very much for this video I learn a lot and understand how to properly sew a collar in a shirt, you make me fall in love with sewing a over again. thanks!!!!!
good! I want you to fall in love. haha :)
Very helpful as usual. Thank you so much.
hello..nice n clear tut.. Is the treatment of collar band the same with bias band?...since there are patterns that just have a collar pattern n ask us to make a bias band
when they say bias band, I just imagine they mean that the band is cut on the bias of the fabric, usually to give the band a bit of a stretch. If it looks the same as my band, then I would say, you're going to sew it on in a similar method.
Very thorough, thank you.
Professor,I can't make the corner of my collar looks as sharp as yours but I've followed all the steps.Could you give me some tips?Thank you before.
You probably just need to trim more of the seam allowance in that area. Then on the right side, very carefully, use a straight pin to pull out the fabric as much as you can. You can also buy a little tool at the fabric store that looks like a flat, pointy stick to push out corners but I just use a straight pin.
I'm having a lot of trouble with the tension of the stitches, do you have a video on tension or could you make a video on it? Please and thank you!
here is a video on tension ruclips.net/video/mWajfDxQQwo/видео.html
Thank you!
Please do you fix collar before coupling or couple before fixing collar
Very useful tutorial God bless you
I love this. Very easy to follow.
literally learned more from this than I learned from school
Desyn Palmer and
Thank you so much for doing this video.... a tremendous relief 🙌🏾💕
Same here, had so much trouble installing a collar, this video was so helpful.
Amen! 😂
Thanks very much, very helpful to be able to see it done.
what a fantastic professor you are! thank you so much!
so easily &beutifully teaching
I learned to make the top shorter for the inside piece of the collar
please make more videos for fashion wear like skirts, pents, frocks, baby frock neck collar etc
Oh nooo.. I am following an online course for sewing and pattern-drafting and that instructor also left out how to pin it to the neckline so that you don't end up sewing in the wrinkles of the fabric us novices can't "pin- away".. Or "Force pin it to work together" like you say.. I cut out my 5th practice pattern of a standing collar and bodice so I can take a deep breath and go at it a 5th time tomorrow. I found many videos on how to make a collar but NONE show us the most difficult part: Pinning it to the shirt/ bodice so you don't end up sewing in wrinkles.. ANY TIPS are very very much appreciated.
I like your content, hopefully you will always be blessed with sustenance