I finally confronted my fear of pattern-matching and made this top using one of the lovely shirt fabrics I got in Hong Kong. You can't really see it here but the stripes are dark blue and mid-green. I used Butterick 3383 as a basis (petite-ing the bodice length, cutting a 14 everywhere except around the sleeve and armcye, which was a 12). I used a button placket pattern and instructions from a Japanese sewing book - but I can't tell you which one is was as it's gone back to the public library.
The buttons are from an old men's shirt that I pulled apart for parts...
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| I managed to pattern-match pretty well from front to back and from side to side, but utterly failed to do this between sleeve and bodice |
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| TLM, my photographer, made my bum look tiny! And my shoulders look massive...The pants, which I posted about just earlier, fit damned well if I may say so myself. |
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| And the front view. Buttoned up the neckline is a comfortable distance from neck, but the walk home in the sun was hot so I was pleased to see that it looks fine unbuttoned too. |
You can't see the trousers in their entirety but I can tell you that they end at the ankle.
1 comment:
Fabulous Violet! I'm in awe. Hope you're enjoying wearing your creations out and about.
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