Monday, March 2, 2015

SIMPLICITY 1278 BLOUSE

 


Each time I sew a new project I try to up the ante and try my hand at something a tad more complicated.   I fell in love with this repro vintage pattern as soon as I saw it. 
With vintage fashion I have a real love affair with very simple styles that have quirky little detailing.
This blouse has unusual pleating at the collar & a nice curved hem.

I decided to make it out of very cheap poly-cotton in a nice light steel blue grey colour for my first go.
That way if I stuff it up it only cost about $10 in fabric.


It was a bit of a tricky one this little sucker.  Man oh man I threw it across the room a few times I can tell you.  It's not the pattern that is tricky... it's just my interpretation of what the instructions are telling me.   It took me about 5 quick-unpicks to do the collar when I finally had an ARRRHARRR moment and I realised what I'd been doing wrong.

I buggered up the top of the back where you are supposed to put some loops so I bought a frog closure to cover up the dodgy stitiching.



I mucked up the bottom curved hem bit but you can't tell from the outside so I couldn't be arsed fixing it.

It was hard to get the pleats to sit all nice & neat so there is a little bit of poofiness but luckily the 'girls' push it out a bit.


 
 I finished it with a lovely marcasite looking button on the collar.
All- in all I'm pretty stoked with how it turned out.
I will definitely sew this one again now that I understand the instructions better.
 
Another piece to add to my Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge 2015!
For information on the VSPP2015 go to A Stitching Odyssey:





HAPPY SEWING !!!
xoxoxoxoxox

2 comments:

  1. It turned out really well Mz Vicki, great job! I've got this one on my list of things to sew this year. :)

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  2. Hi! thanks for posting your thoughts about this blouse. I started it three years ago, got distracted and put it away. AND I misplaced the directions! I was just about to do the neckline. Would you be willing to take pictures of the directions (I'm doing View C) from the neckline on for me? And email them to suzanne dot mcdonald at yahoo dot com ? I would be so grateful!

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