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About Me
- Oksana Starzhynska
- My blog's main subjects are sewing, the thing in which I am experienced the most, and beadwork, which is, in fact, pushed me into blogging. I am also engaged in knitting and crocheting. All together they are the set of skills which I use to make my wardrobe my whole life. These are not my only interests, I also like the English language (that's one of the reasons that my blog is bilingual), try to travel around my country and abroad (when can afford it), am interested in art (to the degree of a dilettante but nevertheless) and adore the people who can create anything beautiful or useful whatever it is :-) So welcome to a needlecrafter diary!
30 July 2016
Polka Dots Blouse, or Misterious Play
The other days I unexpectedly got two free tickets to so called mono-theatre. Such a theatre means that only one actor is on the stage and he/she must be professional and talented enough not to make you leave the hall before the play finishes. Obviously it was not a formal visit to classic academic theatre, besides, it is yet summer and very hot here. So I just used the occasion to make a new simple and quick project.
Днями мені несподівано дісталися два безкоштовні квитки до так званого моно-театру. Такий театр означає, що лише один актор знаходиться на сцені і він/вона має бути достатньо професійним і талановитим, щоб не примусити тебе залишити зал ще до закінчення вистави. Вочевидь це не був формальний візит до класичного академічного театру, крім того зараз все ж таки літо і тут дуже спекотно. Тому я просто скористалася приводом, щоб швидко пошити якусь просту річ.
The blouse #105 from Burda 2/2016. The nice issue, by the way, I've already made three items from it (Dress #112, Blouse #108) and am planning not less than two more. The money are not wasted:-)
I feel my story will go on longer than the sewing of the blouse:-) And it only confirms that it is really quick sewing. Besides, you shouldn't think about the apparel's fitting at all. The only problem concerning fitting - the blouse is very loose (ideal for hot weather!) and it can waggle on the shoulders and untuck from the skirt or pants so choose the longer variant to avoid the latter to some degree.
And a couple of sewing notes. Firstly, I omitted the slit on the back as the only function of it is to make the sewing complex and the blouse has enough big neck hole to put it on.
The short sleeve turned out to be long anyway for me. So I cut all the sleeve's hem seam allowance (in my case it was 5 cm instead of the magazine's 9 cm) and then rolled 4 cm from a new edge. (On the photo the initial length).
If the fabric is natural and not as smooth as silk, when processing the hems, you can at first press the seam allowance for 0/5 - 0.7 cm instead of basting. And then draw the final line of the hemming from the fold and then baste (or press) and stitch the seam allowance.
And the turned up cuff. If to make it too wide and even to sew it to the sleeve with slip stitch (as recommended in the instruction) but your fabric is pretty heavy, it will not "stick" to its spot. So for me the better idea is to make the cuff narrower (mine is about 3.5 cm) and I always sew it to the sleeve (as here, or pants if they have it) seam in seam. It can be good support for slip stitches:-)
That's all: few hours and the outfit is ready. The necklace and the earrings are great pair for the blouse:-) On the photo the blouse is combined with skirt #105 from Burda 02/2014 made two years ago.
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А така блузка просто на всi випадки життя i вона не може бути одна: до неi треба обов'язково ще хоча б парочку! Але червоний в бiлий горох - це просто фатальний принт.
ReplyDelete!! Фатальний - це точно, краще і не скажеш, навіть якщо вже три червоних речі в білий горох є, то рука все одно тягнеться до гаманця, якщо бачиш в крамниці ще якійсь варіант:-))Дякую, в цій блузці мене приваблює простота і невимушеність силуету, і в спеку почуваєшся і гарною і розслабленою водночас, а таке не часто буває:-)
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