Once I had my pattern out of card, I had to cut it into smaller pattern pieces in order to lie flat on the blocking net to cut out. Working with the blocking net was really interesting for me as you could watch the collar slowly form in front of you with everynew panel you added on, however with this came the problem of trying to fit a large curved collar around a sewing machine. Also, the sewing machine didn't like working with blocking net sometimes, especially as I doubled up the blocking net to make the structure stronger.
Making the collar piece and the shoulder structure piece individually was relatively straight forward, it was when I had to attach the two pieces together that made it extremely difficult to manipulate and sew. I had to trim into the collar's seam allowance to get the two pieces to overlap so I could machine together. I had to really manipulate the blocking net, I was forcing it in a different direction to how I cut it out and wanted it to be just to fit in a small space. This was callenging but I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.
To finish the structure of the collar piece (before I can cover it) I had to machine millinery wire around the entire edge. Although when machining it on I didn't see how it could aid the structure, once away from the sewing machine it is clear that the wire really helps to shape the collar and you can change the shape easily and it will stay that way.
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