Continuing my journey sewing along with the #buildyourwardrobe challenge with a few fabulous sewing icons. You can find the information on Instagram under the tag ‘buildyourwardrobe’. The first item was the LBD. You can read about that entry by clicking the link.
My pattern of choice is McCall’s 5138. I’ve had this pattern in the stash for a long time. I guess now it’s time to pull it out and get it done.
Actually, I’ve had several in the stash for quite some time. So this was a toss up between B4659, S1279, M6076 which I’ve made before, and B5678 with a few mods.
I found more blouse patterns I. the stash since then that would have fit the bill.
I started out like I would usually do when sewing from a new pattern. I’d head on over to Pattern Review and see what others that have already sewn the pattern had to say. When they say a picture is worth a thousand words, believe it. I found myself skipping over the photos that showed the finish garment no justice. So, I made a note to myself to be sure to take good photos because I wouldn’t want to be skipped over because of sub-par photos. I need a photographer or a remote camera.
I got really upset because I was on a roll. I mean, I was late getting started and was behind. But I was on a roll! Then my iron decided it had to have a peepee break…on my white! Aghhh!
So, I done what any great sewist would do. I cursed the damn iron out. ( Yeah, like it heard what I was saying.) Yanked my blouse off the ironing board. (I was trying to make it feel like I felt – hurt. Just hurt.) Then I turned off the machines and threw the blouse in the washer with some Tide pretreat spot and stain remover. OMG I swear by that product now! No stain.
I’m really on the fence on how I want to finish the hem. Do I want to just let the serged end be or go ahead and turn the hem and sew? I may just turn, hem, and press.
I love my new blouse. It will surely get lots of wearing.
I see pairing it with jeans and heels. A leopard print skirt. A brightly colored bottom and topped with a blazer.
I’ll have to make one more of these for sure and move on to the other patterns in the stash. But I will have to wait on the prefect fabric because it won’t be another classic white.
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Since I drafted this blog, I went ahead and turned that little hem and stitched.
Until later
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