Today is a quick post about my McCall’s 8557 tie front blouse. It has large puff sleeves, tie front and was made from a pretty red colourway of Liberty’s iconic Betsy print with the contrast ties made from solid red lawn. Tie front tops have been so popular in both RTW and sewing. There are …
My self drafted blouse inspired by a Farm Rio RTW top is finished. It’s taken many hours of prep and handstitching to complete. And I got to dive into several nerdy sewing techniques that I haven’t used for ages. The red tencel twill from Rainbow Fabrics was a great base for the design and helped …
I’ve got a busy Friday planned but loving this outfit and the crisp bright weather we’re having, so am quickly writing about my new make. I made Butterick 6518 view D in Liberty tana lawn from Abakhan Fabrics for a cute ruffled boho top! I left off the view D sleeve hem frill and …
Sharing a great little top pattern today that’s about to go out of print, so hopefully can convince you to pick up a copy before it disappears. I’ve made it twice so I’m going to comment on both versions in one post. Simplicity 9605 has quite a few tops included but I love view B! …
Today’s make is a sweet vintage blouse with raglan sleeves, buttoned neckline, bib with gathered ruffle and ruffle hem sleeves. I used a sweet floral Swiss dot fabric; woven with raised spots and printed with retro daisies in brown and white. And found vintage brown buttons in my stash that were a perfect match. Technically …
So I needed a cute top. M7900 as a PDF? Nice and quick. In pink and red satin? Sounded perfect. Except I went and decided to hack the neckline into a square rather than jewel shape. That’s where I went wrong. Oh it looks very cute and I feel amazing wearing it half the time. …