Plackets again

I was just looking in my Reader's Digest sewing guide, and it shows another
placket style. I think its a faced placket that is used with French cuffs.
I'm wondering how it would look if I used a regular cuff, not a folded over
French Cuff, and, instead of having two button holes for cufflinks, have a
button on one cuff edge, and a buttonhole on the other cuff edge, but it
would not button with the cuff edges overlapped, but "pinched" together, as
in a regular French cuff.

I guess the answer is "Do one and find out".

On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 05:44:48 +0000, duh who wrote:
French Cuff, and, instead of having two button holes for cufflinks, have a
button on one cuff edge, and a buttonhole on the other cuff edge, but it
would not button with the cuff edges overlapped, but "pinched" together, as
in a regular French cuff.

Hi there,

I have two (RTW I must admit) blouses with this cuff finish. Its a bit
fiddly to button, but much less so than trying to thread a cufflink. They
look fine - just like a cufflink shirt, and without the bulk of the
cufflink to annoy you when it bangs against the desk or gets in your way!

HTH,

Sarah

"Sarah Dale" wrote in message
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On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 05:44:48 +0000, duh who wrote:
French Cuff, and, instead of having two button holes for cufflinks, have
a
button on one cuff edge, and a buttonhole on the other cuff edge, but it
would not button with the cuff edges overlapped, but "pinched" together,
as
in a regular French cuff.

Hi there,

I have two (RTW I must admit) blouses with this cuff finish. Its a bit
fiddly to button, but much less so than trying to thread a cufflink. They
look fine - just like a cufflink shirt, and without the bulk of the
cufflink to annoy you when it bangs against the desk or gets in your way!

Is the cuff a folded double layer, or single layer? I was wondering how
annoying it might be to button.

On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 17:39:31 +0000, duh who wrote:
Is the cuff a folded double layer, or single layer? I was wondering how
annoying it might be to button.

Well, I rate it as 5-10% more fiddly than a normal cuff and 90% less
fiddly than a cufflink! And yes, I do own a cuff link shirt - in the last
couple of years the fasion for ladies blouses (in the UK) is for them to
have male type style details like double cuffs, cuff links etc..

Now - this is going to be hard to do in words (goes to get blouse for
reference)- you make your double cuff, and attach to sleeves as normal.
Fold each cuff in half, press and pin or tack.

Mark button and button hole positions on the inside of the folded double
cuff. Button goes on the side with the short distance to the underseam (1
piece sleeve) and the hole goes on long side.

The button hole is sewn through both halves of the cuff together, so they
are permanently fixed together.

The button is sewn on on the inside, and on to the inner layer only, and
then from the outside, catch stitch the outer cuff at the corresponding
button position to the threads at the back of the button - catch the inner
layer of cuff material only - there should be no threads showing on the
'public' side of the cuff - this catch stitching holds the folded cuff
together so it doesn't gape or flap around.

You fasten by oputting the button through the hole from the inside to the
outside, with both cuff ends pointing outwards away from the wrist, so the
button is on public view, just like the top of the cufflink would be.

You could do this very quickly with a single layer cuff - just stitch the
button on the inside rather than the outside, and fasten with cuffs
pointing out rather than folded over - it will give you the general idea
of what it looks and feels like, and how easy it is to button.

The saving grace of the design of my blouse is that the two layers are
sewn together whilst making the button hole - 2 separate holes, whilst
feasible, would be a real pig to fasten in a hurry in the morning!

HTH, Sarah

P.S. Email me from your real address (i.e. no spam blocking) if you'd like
a picture of my blouse cuffs to help. N.B. Our firewall will block you if
you are posting from a hotmail account.

Sarah Dale wrote:

The saving grace of the design of my blouse is that the two layers are
sewn together whilst making the button hole - 2 separate holes, whilst
feasible, would be a real pig to fasten in a hurry in the morning!

I think the trade-off would be in ironing--it must be a real pig to iron
with the single hole through both halves. :-( I hate to iron, and about
the only things I do iron are the nice dressy blouses with details like
French cuffs or lots of tucks.w

--
Kathy

On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 04:26:42 -0800, Kathy Morgan wrote:
Sarah Dale wrote:
The saving grace of the design of my blouse is that the two layers are
sewn together whilst making the button hole - 2 separate holes, whilst
feasible, would be a real pig to fasten in a hurry in the morning!

I think the trade-off would be in ironing--it must be a real pig to iron
with the single hole through both halves. :-( I hate to iron, and about
the only things I do iron are the nice dressy blouses with details like
French cuffs or lots of tucks.

Hi Kathy,

I just iron it as it is held by the buttonhole and button - i.e. already
folded in half - dead easy, and does no harm

Sarah