Hello! It's been a while. I've been busy with other things, but I'm back.
I've purchased another men's shirt in the right size, one that was on sale and which wasn't necessarily one I liked in particular. I needed one I could cut apart and experiment with, without feeling as though I was ruining the one I bought for the project.
First, I tried picking the seams where the sleeves attached to the shirt, but they were, under all the stitching, glued on. Yes, glued on. So, instead I cut them off of the body of the shirt, leaving the attachment connected to the sleeve. It seemed that was the way to go, it gives me something to stitch to, and helps keep the shape of the sleeve. Plus, I'm narrowing the shirt through the shoulders anyway. Look:
I also removed the collar, so I wouldn't have to work around it, and sliced open the side seems. You can see how well the body of the shirt actually drapes, the shoulder angles work quite well:
And, here are the pattern pieces I altered to work with this shirt, similar but different from the other pieces, mainly because they need to work with a different sleeve hole size and shape:
The center back needs to be lengthened, but that's easy.
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