Hey! Do you remember the podcast I did in July, where I talked about creating my sleeveless, pink and white seersucker blouse Amaryllis blouse from my much altered tried-and-true shirt pattern (it started out life as B5586)? Well I enjoyed wearing Amaryllis so much (that gal has been a real go-to summer wardrobe choice) that I made another blouse from my same much altered pattern.
And doesn't it look pretty durn cute with my sage'y green shorts from two summers ago? I think so! I've also been wearing it with my new Midnight Sky black denim skirt, but I don't have a really cute photo of that combination yet :-)
Oh yeah, I altered the pattern a little more! I just can't get enough of altering now - no pattern is safe from my fideling fingers. Blame my wonderful dress form buddy Conchita for that! Because this crisp bramble printed cotton doesn't hang off a woman's body in the same way as the loosey-goosey seersucker I used for Amaryllis, I made a few changes to my Bramble Blouse as I was creating her. . .
i) I took the long front darts I'd created from the hem, up the princess line, to the bust apex, and extended them up above the bust apex.
ii) I also took those darts in more - so my Bramble Blouse is all together narrower than Amaryllis.
iii) In addition I added long darts along the back princess seam.
These alterations resulted in a semi-fitted blouse that's just a little more fitted.
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Audio/Podcast Summer of the Blouse - Amaryllis http://meencantacoser.blogspot.com/2014/07/ench-by-sew-022-summer-of-blouse.html
Blog Posting about Amaryllis http://meencantacoser.blogspot.com/2014/07/amaryllis-my-new-semi-fitted-blouse.html
Wardrobe Builder - The Midnight Sky Black Denim Skirt http://meencantacoser.blogspot.com/2014/08/terminado-wardrobe-builder-midnight-sky.html
Creating Conchita, my Dress Form Friend http://enchantedbysewing.blogspot.com/2013/09/ench-by-sew-12-dress-forms.html
And doesn't it look pretty durn cute with my sage'y green shorts from two summers ago? I think so! I've also been wearing it with my new Midnight Sky black denim skirt, but I don't have a really cute photo of that combination yet :-)
Oh yeah, I altered the pattern a little more! I just can't get enough of altering now - no pattern is safe from my fideling fingers. Blame my wonderful dress form buddy Conchita for that! Because this crisp bramble printed cotton doesn't hang off a woman's body in the same way as the loosey-goosey seersucker I used for Amaryllis, I made a few changes to my Bramble Blouse as I was creating her. . .
i) I took the long front darts I'd created from the hem, up the princess line, to the bust apex, and extended them up above the bust apex.
ii) I also took those darts in more - so my Bramble Blouse is all together narrower than Amaryllis.
iii) In addition I added long darts along the back princess seam.
My dress form Conchita was really useful when it came to making the Bramble Blouse more fitted |
OK, I admit it. I used good old safety pins to try out that extended dart. Because just after I tried this out on Conchita, I slipped it on me and checked out that new dart in the bathroom mirror. |
Amaryllis is somewhat fitted, but less so than my Bramble Blouse That works because she's made out of a non-crisp seersucker |
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Web Resources
Blog Posting about Amaryllis http://meencantacoser.blogspot.com/2014/07/amaryllis-my-new-semi-fitted-blouse.html
Wardrobe Builder - The Midnight Sky Black Denim Skirt http://meencantacoser.blogspot.com/2014/08/terminado-wardrobe-builder-midnight-sky.html
Creating Conchita, my Dress Form Friend http://enchantedbysewing.blogspot.com/2013/09/ench-by-sew-12-dress-forms.html
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