It was not going to work for me...or my sister, so I scraped the blouse completely. (I can reuse the muslin for other things.) However, I was able to finish the raw edge of the collar. I used a two-tone ribbon tape:
My solution:
I set out to upsize and alter a 1960's sailor blouse pattern. This included moving and adjusting the bust darts--a trouble spot for most of the women in my family. The long and the short was, I was too gung-ho and really didn't do near as fantastic a job as I thought I had. (This is what one gets when they wing things and try to adjust at least three different patterns in the same afternoon.) It was not going to work for me...or my sister, so I scraped the blouse completely. (I can reuse the muslin for other things.) However, I was able to finish the raw edge of the collar. I used a two-tone ribbon tape: With the tape, I can wear it reversibly...plain or with the tape showing. The collar, due to this, does not have any closure on it, so I will have to use either a safety pin or a brooch to secure the ends of the collar. I also had what I planned as a tie to go with the blouse (as the whole intent of this blouse was to go with my 'Anchors Aweigh' skirt) cut from the same material as the skirt. I ended up basically roll hemming it on the machine with a roughly 1/4" hem. And immediately decided it was really probably a little too long for my short figure. My solution: And that is how I salvaged a flop. I'm fairly pleased with these results--even though I should have liked the blouse to work out... --Racheal--
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A friend from church asked me if I would make an apron and chef's hat for her niece's birthday gift. Well...sure! I'd never made a chef's hat before, but didn't let that stop me. I was really dragging the day that I made it (but I had a deadline and I had to do it then!) so I am pleased to say that it turned out real nice and I didn't have any serious mess ups. One afternoon project. I actually finished up around 10 PM that day, but oh well. Better to be slow than make a mess! ~~Racheal~~I forget when exactly I started working on this dress--either late January or early February. I put it down in the middle and when I picked it up again it still took me two weeks to finish it. Apparently, I was not feeling in a very "sew-y" mood. I don't have any "in-progress" shots. Anyway, I used this pattern: I ended up with a minor alteration by not ruffling the panties and I didn't put the rick-rack all the way around the skirt because I should have put that layer on before the stuff around the 'bib'. You may notice a slight gap at the bottom of the button area. I had forgotten to wash my material first and because I know sometimes it shrinks I like to do so. Also, I knew the rick-rack wouldn't shrink, so I washed the dress before I put the rick-rack on. Well, when I washed it, the angled back opening ripped out and in order to re-sew it where it wouldn't rip out again, I had to square it out....thus the slightly unseemly gap back there. All in all, I think the dress is cute regardless of the fact that it didn't turn out as "perfect" as I had hoped. Still, I don't think it's going to come apart any more and I suppose if you didn't know the back was supposed to look a little different, you'd never know the difference. ~~Racheal~~When we talk about attending Remembering WWII around here, we always say, "Going to Linden"--and we sure 'nuff are going to Linden as Vendors again this year! We've been sewing for two or three weeks straight (I can't seem to remember exactly), but it doesn't seem to me like I've been very productive...until I started looking at these pictures and I realized that I have gotten something done! (In addition to my uniform...which I'll do a post on later). So without any more ado--doll outfit photos! The Mexicali Rose: Mustard Jumper--1940's School Girl: Rosies' Sunday Dress--1940's: Green 1940's School Girl Jumper: Orange Floral Frock (there are butterflies in the print, too!) 1940's Dress: The Colonial Dame: 1940's Play Suit: Maroon 1940's Dress (a me-drafted pattern): Seeing Double (that's a bit of joke, because once upon a time there was another dress that was identical to this one): 1920's/30's dress (made from vintage material; I had to work around a stain that had permeated the whole piece): 1940's Dress (I would wear this one for sure, even though I seldom wear brown): Red/Blue Gingham 1940's Dress: That's 13--and I had two more that ended up being rejects. Also in this time I have made my uniform, completely finished a romper I started last year, almost finished another (only needs buttonsholes/buttons--I have one buttonhole done), and completed two rompers--a boy/girl twin set: The fact that I do many of my buttonholes by hand explains some of the delay...I still have more things planned, but with the way I've been feeling lately, I'm not going to stress over completion. If they get done, they get done. If not, oh well. I need to get those rompers listed on my Etsy shop now... ~~Racheal~~ |
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