Sunday, May 20, 2012

Out of my usual color scheme

The absence of spring/summer weather in the past weeks must have had its effect on me. When I was in a shop for a few notions only, I came out with this fabric. Not my usual color scheme, not my usual print. I seldom use flower prints. And yet, it’s a very nice quality, thin cotton which was easy to sew and I made it up in only a few hours. Sometimes it’s nice to make something totally different.
    
 

Magazine picture and line drawing. The patterns is no. 114 from the April 2010 issue.
I omitted the pocket and back detail. Of course the picture isn’t showing all details clearly. When reading the instructions for the cuff width, I was surprised that they had a finished with of 8 cm. Too wide for what I wanted, so I made the cuff only 4 cm wide and lengthened the sleeve with 4 cm. On the top I used a size 40, tapering down to size 42 at bust level for the front only. No real fba, but worked like a charm. This pattern definitely is my new tnt for a basic blouse.


A few detail shots of collar and sleeve slit. I cut the collar in one piece, as described in this post.
The sleeve slit was made as described in this post.


The pattern has a double yoke, I didn’t follow Burda’s instructions how to construct this, a neat way to do this is described in this post by Summerset, and I used the instructions as found in the book Easy guide to sewing blouses by Conny Long.

15 comments:

  1. I love the print! The blouse is so pretty on you.

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  2. Gorgeous shirt! I love the summery floral print.

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  3. Love the print, the colors and the pairing with white jeans...really nice!

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  4. The fabric makes the blouse very current and with your white jeans a great look on you.

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  5. This looks lovely Sigrid - bright and say's the sunshine is just around the corner.

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  6. Lovely fabric. It is very flattering look on you.

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  7. Beautiful Sigrid, lovely fabric and it.

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  8. Very pretty and a breath of spring!

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  9. This spring print looks great on you!

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  10. You look great in these colors! The blouse is beautifully done, as usual.

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  11. It is a very pretty print, and the classic shirt pattern suits it very well. What a nice outfit with the pale trousers.

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  12. Lovely! It is nice to have something different.

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  13. Your floral selections are just a beautiful garden.

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  14. That's a very pretty shirt. It looks fab with your white jeans.

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