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| Made up in Swiss Dot from Truro Fabrics |
I don't own many blouses because I don't like to iron. But, I saw this one made up on Lynn's blog:
Wonderfully Made, and I was smitten. It's nice to wear a lightweight, natural fibre, woven fabric, when the weather is hot and muggy.
This was not a difficult pattern. There was quite a bit of hand sewing though: on the insides of the collar, sleeves and front bands. I think you could just "stitch in the ditch" and avoid it all, if you really hate hand sewing. I went ahead and did the hand sewing.
My fabric is a loosely woven voile, and I was worried about the seams holding up after a few washes. I decided to use french seams everywhere except where the sleeves/yokes meet the front pieces of the blouse. Then, I followed the pattern instructions. The pattern instructions were very complete and there was even a large section about adjusting the fit. Not something that I needed on such a loose fitting blouse, but still nice to have.
Now my only problem is figuring out how to wear the blouse! I think it requires some sort of skinny pants. This is tough for me, because my thighs don't fit into skinny pants, lol! I think wide legged pants would be too much volume. In the end, I settled on
the Burda stretch pants that I made in the winter. The pattern for these pants was great, sadly the ponte I used for them wasn't. After not much wear at all, these pants have pills all over them and the roughed surface of them attracts all sorts of lint. Here are some pictures of me in the blouse.
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I love the blouse, but I know what you mean about proportions. I made a tunic style blouse once that I couldn't wear with most of my (pear-shape friendly) stuff. Skinny pants worked, as did a sweater vest on top to give it some shape and then it was wearable with more bottoms. Not sure you'd want to wear a sweater vest in summer though :)
ReplyDeleteIt definitely looks comfortable and airy! I think the stretch pants look great. What about skinny capris?
ReplyDeleteOMG! I'm making a blouse out of a fabric that is almost EXACTLY like this! (Mine's not voile, but it is very lightweight and vintage.) Your blouse is fantastic, and I think you're right about it being cooler during the hot muggy days. That's actually why I'm making one that's in a similar fabric. I've decided that I've had enough with hot stuffy t-shirts for a while....or so I think for the next few minutes. ;-) I think this blouse suits your figure beautifully--and you definitely need another pair of those pants! :-)
ReplyDeletevery pretty - I love tunic and skinny pant combinations - so wearable - and the fabric on this is just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely Karin! I've been looking at this patten for a while and could't make my mind up - so i'll order it today having seen yours made up! Thanks for sharing, and where did you get the lovely fabric? Oh, and you look really good in your skinnies!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I just love that bow at the front :)
ReplyDeleteI have this pattern, I want to make it as part of my fall wardrobe. Your's make me want to make it now. It is very pretty.
ReplyDeleteSuch a wonderful blouse! It looks absolutely lovely on you.
ReplyDeleteI love the lightweight flowing nature of this blouse. I can imagine how cool and comfy it is. It's definitely a great addition to your wardrobe!
ReplyDeleteKarin, it's a great looking blouse and my favourite part is the bow. I think you've styled it very well.
ReplyDeleteYour blouse looks lovely and cool, and very feminine with the tie and gorgeous fabric.
ReplyDeleteWould you wear it with a straight or pegged skirt?
Yes, bow blouses are hard to figure out how to wear! I love this one in the swiss dot. Looks so cool and comfortable.
ReplyDeleteI just bought this pattern at the dollar sale with the intention of making the same shirt! Nice.
ReplyDeleteYour blouse turned out really well! It's a perfect fabric choice! I agree that there was SO much hand stitching, but I set my mind to do it and do it well. Did I mention on my blog that my husband washed and dried my blouse and it's about a size and a half too small now? Grrrrrr.
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