Claudette Shirt/Dress Teaching Sample

I’m getting ready to teach a virtual class using Jalie’s Claudette, so I’m busy making notes and a Claudette Shirt/Dress teaching sample.

Here’s what happened! I took a few minutes to look for images on the internet and an hour passed! But I found LOTS of inspiration! I typed in “shacket” and went down a rabbit hole. It’s getting into fall and winter here and there’s something so cozy about a plaid flannel shirt, or a plaid “Shacket”.

The top left pic is me, wearing my first Claudette, (I wrote about it here)

The second photo was found on Temu, and a similar version is on my radar. I bought a beautiful plaid with that idea in mind, but now see that the Temu version is fleecy knit. Here’s the piece of fabric.

I also have a piece of blue chambray with a colour coordinating piece of cotton for the under-collar, inside collar and inside the sleeve cuffs, oh, the ideas!

Now all that prep is for a virtual 3-week class for That Sewing Place, Newmarket. Writing notes, drawing diagrams, and adding pictures. Sew, I cut a Claudette from a soft rayon in a wild floral print on a black background for my teaching sample. That should be a fun, vibrant shirt. My sample will be the shirt length, view “A”.

Then, my copy of Threads magazine arrived, with a picture of a shirt featuring modern applique on the front cover! Jalie’s Claudette would be perfect for that shirt!