I was rather spoilt last year with a combined birthday and Christmas present of a new sewing machine (Brother Innovis 600) and I've been saving this pattern to be my first big project on it. The fabric was a steal at $2 a metre and is lovely and soft with a gorgeous raised weave. It's always impossible to find smart looking tops for the girls to wear to church and when I saw this one in my latest Ottobre I was thrilled! I dragged the girls out of bed tonight once I'd almost finished it to try it on.....they weren't asleep yet :P Becky was quite taken with it and decided it looked like a grown up girls top :) It was a fairly easy pattern to sew too, the collar is the hardest bit but I had done the same style on an Ottobre jacket recently so it just took a bit of remembering and going slow. The gathered sleeves were a little fiddly too but they look so sweet sewn up. New Sunday blouse for $1 and 1 1/2 hrs of my time, bargain! Just have to find the perfect buttons now......
Wow you are clever! Wish I could do that - it looks beautiful on her. Your girls are so gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteMiss 4 looks very cool and smart. And at $1, it's a very satisfying project.
ReplyDeleteIf you have time check out the second hand shops for your buttons ..they have little packets they have recycled from garments destined for the shredder...i have picked up some really cute ones as well as some totally antique ones for just 50 cents a packet...
ReplyDeleteLove the blouse.... so grown up i must say...
should have said shops like the mission , vineys and salvos..
ReplyDeleteso tired... YWs camp....
Love it so much! Looks very pro and way better than any store-bought shirt :)
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