Розумна, гарна та вправна :-) Useful fun for needleworkers / Корисні розваги для рукотворниць
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!
1 May 2018
Plaid Shirt, or Canyon Trip
Ви знали що прогулянка по каньйонах потребує особливої сорочки в клітинку? Мене б не здивувала заперечна відповідь, тому що ця велика думка осяяла мене якраз напередодні моєї подорожі до наших українських каньйонів, Арбузинського і Актового. Імовірно така ідея жевріла десь дуже глибоко в моїй свідомості доволі давно, але оскільки єдиний каньйон, який я мріяла побачити, був той Великий в Аризоні, а подорож до нього є такою ж примарною як і шанс, що вона колись здійсниться, то я на ній ніколи і не зосереджувалася :-)
The pattern #114 from Burda 4/2010. The fabric was mentioned to be plaid and, more than that, asymmetric plaid so the sewing is actually of the type Never Say Never :-) But some approximate centre of symmetry must be chosen anyway. In this case the black stripes have symmetry but it is not statement enough so I decided to ignore the plaids and hold the symmetry of horizontal stripes. Not to ponder much about matching the yoke, cuffs and pockets plaids, I cut them bias.
The model in the magazine is not checkered so I had to take care about matching the fabric pattern on the main points of coincidence on the sides and sleeves myself. In this way I match the plaid on the sleeves.
If the fabric lets, as in this shirt, I try to sew the both edges of a yoke in the same way, I mean to join two yokes and back/front parts of the shirt stitched on the machine. In this way the joining seams are inside both on the back and front and I don't need to make any hand work.
I cut two pockets because they are not too big and as they are bias cut, the only one could look as a patch in this case.
Despite its natural structure and nice colour style, the fabric is of not very high quality. One of it defects was notices only after the cutting because it was on the bottom layer of the fabric. So I had to disguise the defect with the pocket sewed three cm lower than in the pattern. New designs are born in this way :-)
How to sew the collar and the cuffs was told few times, for example, here and here. I won't repeat but much confess that this time I sewed the collar at first to the right side of the blouse and than to the wrong ...hmm... but it is as they recommend in the magazine.
The shirt is nice and comfortable, it doesn't restrict movements because has pretty lose fitting but is not too wide at the same time.
I felt free from all the troubles of every day routine there and could stay on those stones endlessly... In such places you have a feeling as if you are talking to or observing the eternity.. And it is so indeed because those stones were born together with Earth and when we are gone, they will still stay there accumulating the sun's energy and saving their legends.
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Lovely shirt...super nature views.
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-Eva Maria
Thank you very much !!!
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