Amnesty Challenge – PaulineAlice Carme Indie Pattern

 

This has to be one of the best indie patterns out there beacause it has a video sewalong to support you along the way! It took me a lot less time to complete this project compared to others because I had visual instructions. Pauline takes you through it all making it look so doable plus its broken down into manageable and easy to understand chunks.

Carme

I loved PaulineAlice’s Carme blouse pattern the first time I saw it on Kollabora as a featured project. Within seconds it was paid for and downloaded to my PC. The bib front with pintucks really appealed to me. I also liked the clean simple lines of the construction. For me it looked like a good relaxed fit top that would fit in with my lifestyle. Unfortunately it wasnt till a couple of months later that I got on to printing it out..

Fabric wise I bought a grey with white maxi hearts cotton rich crisp cotton….for the yoke I went for a crips 100% cotton white for contrast. I like romantic fabric but not overly so and this sort of fitted I thought…(tbh I bought during a sleepless night phone surfing session and the fabric looked good on my Motorola phone 😉

Carme

This pattern came together so easily that afterward I felt like I am an accomplished seamstress and I LOVE LOVE patterns that make me feel like that y’know. This is  because Pauline has put a lot of work into her pattern especially with the video sewalong clearly taking you through the stages. Mandarin collar – easey peesy lemon squezzy! Button placket? Piece of cake!! Pintucks? Made in a jiffy! French seams! The new love of my sewing life! I learnt and used a lot of new to me details and it was so much fun!

Button

I enjoyed adding these cute little heart shaped buttons. I love love love the finished top! I wear it mostly with my jeans.

Loads more info and pictures over here ;-)