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I ordered a Deluxe Darth Revan from My Wicked Armor. I opted not to get the shirt with the order. Since I'm a woman I was concerned about how the piping would lay. I couldn't find any women's styles that would work, but I found a men's long sleeve shirt with a mock turtleneck that was the same black hue and sheen as the balaclava. This shirt is a bit warm, but it is designed to keep you dry. (Walter Hagen Redmond l/s golf polo pure black 41361476 from Dick's Sporting Goods To determine the placement for the piping, I put the front and back armor on and measured where I needed the piping to cross my chest. I determined my piping needed to lay about 4" below the bottom of the collar seam. I originally planned to use pre-made polyester piping, but I personally found it a bit difficult to work with. When it came time to pin it in place, it tended to move easily and roll into a wavy line instead of a straight horizontal line. It is designed to be inserted into a hem or a slit in the fabric, and I didn't want to cut into my shirt in case I needed to adjust the placement. Someone else might have better luck with the pre-made piping, but I decided to use something more cooperative. I took a polyester slip that I have that is a match for the hue and sheen of the shirt. It hangs above the knee and was a good length to cut enough material out to make some piping. I cut a strip about 3" wide from the slip along the vertical seam to make it easy to measure. Then, on the side of the fabric away from the seam, I folded the fabric 1" and pinned it in place to sew. I sewed a 1/4" seam into the pinned fabric. I trimmed the sewn fabric leaving enough room to fold the fabric over after making the first seam onto the shirt. To get the piping placement, I measured up from the even line of the bottom hem of the shirt, not down from the collar hem and top of the sleeves. I measured the vertical length of the shirt from the bottom of the collar seam down to the bottom of the shirt hem, then deducted 4" from that measurement to determine how many inches up from the bottom hem of the shirt to place the piping. I pinned the piping material in place. I sewed the fabric in place. I folded the seam over and re-pinned it to sew the final seam. I sewed a seam right along the lower folded edge. My shirt now has piping where I needed it. http://www.mywickedarmor.com/
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