Modesty panel

Warning: hand sewing ahead.

I picked up a shirt when shopping with the kids and the neckline turned out to be way too low. So I added a modesty panel using cotton knit material. I did attempt to do the whole alteration on my machine, but I had a terrible time feeding the thin knit material consistently under the sewing foot. Frustrated, I turned back to hand stitching; the inside of the neckline had a convenient seam that made making an invisible whip stitch easy. I think the next time around I will hand stitch a decorative edge on the top as well, leaving the machine work for woven cotton and inside seams. The finished product has the look of layers, without the bulk.

Crescent of material cut to cover the low neck line of a knit shirt
Machine stitched top edge
Hand stitching panel to inside of shirt with a whip stitch
Installed modesty panel