May Amnesty Month gives me the opportunity to make a pattern that wasn’t made. I bought this pattern somewhere in the 80s. I bought it for the shape of the neckline and the insert. Comes the question: Why this pattern hadn’t a change? Time issue as always. The pattern survived many moves to other houses as well as moves in our homes. The envelop is a little bit damaged but the pattern wasn’t.
My sewing May 2018 mission is the sew something for my mother. So I used the pattern to make this blouse for my mother.
This fabric has more or less stripes and I wanted to let them run through as much as possible. I also did some fitting alterations to the shoulder to get a better fit for my mother.
The big disappointment came that after basting the blouse didn’t fit at the hips. So after a good night sleep I found the solution. I made some triangulair shaped pieces of fabric and sewed them in the side seams. The end 4 cm above the hem according to the design of the neckline.
What do you think of my amnesty make? Winner?
Such a great fabric for this design, it looks super.
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Thank you , it’s indeed a perfect fit.
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Very nice! The fit is spot-on. Her smile says it all.
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Thank you. It’s always a joy to make others happy with your sewings.
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Looks great, and Mom appears to really like it!
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Thank you and Mom is indeed very happy with her new blouse. We had some very warm days in the Netherlands with lots of sunshine and this blouse was just perfect.
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Yes. And you’ve reminded me I have that pattern, which I made up when it first came out. I wonder whether I could make it fit now? You’ve shown the sleeves and neckline can still look modern in the right material!
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I’ve altered the shoulder line and also the arm pit, so the sleeves are less wide.
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