Muslin

I am working on the muslin for a t-shirt.   This is the pattern ...

 

 

I am trying to make the view with all the tucks around the front.   Sadly, the instructions to make the tucks themselves seem to be garbage.  I tried it before and got no joy for my efforts (nice dustrag though ;-) ).

 

This time, I am giving up on the tucks & using bias tape to establish the neckline.   Also, I am starting out with a muslin, not in the real fabric (cheap as it is).

 

 

I found some bias tape in my stash and made a neckline by putting it on my dressform.   Then I gathered the neckline into it.   I had an idea of trying to keep the idea of the tucks by spacing out the gathers into groups, but that went nowhere.

 

 

 

I don't like the way the gathers go up to the shoulders, so I pulled them all down into the middle.

 

I'm not at all sure this is an improvement.   The next variation may be to make the neckline longer & lower.   Perhaps that is better.

 

Or perhaps I should give up on this pattern & go try something else.   The other view, with the tucks across the top, is interesting.   Also, i could just make a plain shirt & give it some interesting sleeves.