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This is the blouse I made, first time using a Simplicity-type pattern + sewing machine all by myself:
Thumbnails!
Without flash
With flash (shiny fabric!)
It turned out pretty nice, in spite of my inability to ignore flaws in my own work. I'm wearing it out of the house today. OK so far, but lower cut than I realized. Whups.
And I will take the pattern label 'Easy' with a grain of salt next time. But I found some tips on working with silk that may work well with other kinds of slippery fabric. It isn't really the sewing that's difficult, actually, it's the cutting and tracing and pinning stages. And then it was too loose around the bust so I took it in a bit after finishing. And then had to fix the over-long straps. I have some ideas on how to do this differently next time. The sash/bow thingie is vestigal, so I might replace it with a wide ribbon sans tie.
It was time consuming, but I'd rather spend 10 hours making a piece of clothing that fits, in the comfort of my own chantry, than running around the shops for that same timespan trying on clothes that don't fit. It will probably be less time consuming as I get used to the patterns and processes. Also, I did not have proper fabric shears for the blouse, but I have them now.
Apparently the "I am your creator! You must obey me!!!" rant does not work so well on handmade clothing.
Next project will be a vest made in a dark blue moleskin-texture fabric. Yay!
Tho the package of patterns I ordered from Vogue a couple of weeks ago still have not arrived. I think yesterday was the end of 5-7 business days, so I'll try to check on that at lunchtime.
<3 Chrysilla
This is the blouse I made, first time using a Simplicity-type pattern + sewing machine all by myself:
Thumbnails!
Without flash
With flash (shiny fabric!)
It turned out pretty nice, in spite of my inability to ignore flaws in my own work. I'm wearing it out of the house today. OK so far, but lower cut than I realized. Whups.
And I will take the pattern label 'Easy' with a grain of salt next time. But I found some tips on working with silk that may work well with other kinds of slippery fabric. It isn't really the sewing that's difficult, actually, it's the cutting and tracing and pinning stages. And then it was too loose around the bust so I took it in a bit after finishing. And then had to fix the over-long straps. I have some ideas on how to do this differently next time. The sash/bow thingie is vestigal, so I might replace it with a wide ribbon sans tie.
It was time consuming, but I'd rather spend 10 hours making a piece of clothing that fits, in the comfort of my own chantry, than running around the shops for that same timespan trying on clothes that don't fit. It will probably be less time consuming as I get used to the patterns and processes. Also, I did not have proper fabric shears for the blouse, but I have them now.
Apparently the "I am your creator! You must obey me!!!" rant does not work so well on handmade clothing.
Next project will be a vest made in a dark blue moleskin-texture fabric. Yay!
Tho the package of patterns I ordered from Vogue a couple of weeks ago still have not arrived. I think yesterday was the end of 5-7 business days, so I'll try to check on that at lunchtime.
<3 Chrysilla