I ran into this cute second hand blouse a while back, it's from the Danish brand Cream. I loved the three quarter sleeve, and also the print with silver and black branches and flowers. The blouse was fitted... but didn't fit me unfortunately. The size was right, but I needed about 3 inches / 7cm more in the chest area. But there were 2 large darts in the front and 2 in the back. And were there are darts, there's extra fabric! I hoped that unpicking the darts would do the trick.
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| Sleeve cuff / unpicking darts |
A quick fitting afterwards was a bit of a disappointment, the blouse still didn't fit. I needed more space, more fabric! So I decided to shorten the sleeves a bit and cut off a strip of fabric to create a gusset in the side seams, just under the armpit.
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| I got company... Checking on me are you? |
Above you see the extra fabric pinned in the side seam. Fortunately the extra fabric was enough for a fit! And as you can see, I couldn't have done it without the critical eye of Xommy (one of our 4 cats).
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| It's a fit! |
I also decided to add some embroidery (I can't help it:)), mostly on the collar. You can see the details on my blog!
Thanks for reading along! For a detailed explanation of all the steps, you're welcome to visit vermaakster.blogspot.com.
Happy summer!
3 comments:
Giggle: when love strikes (it even starts to lead 'a/some way' ) ?
Lucky you: not only did you have ideas/visions/bigger pictures for the really nice blouse you even mastered the task very skilful.
Btw.: Are you by any chance hiring out your 'cat assistant'?
I might be heavily interested in your 'assistant' (to get similar achievements) ;-) :-D.
Enjoy the new won garment addition and have a brilliant time.
Love, G.
Thanks G.! And I completely understand why you would to hire my cat assistant. He is very good company and brings out the best in me!
This is a pretty top. I love posts about fitting, I think good tailoring makes clothes look so much better.
Chickie
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