Tie front blouse from too long fitted blouse

 

Hello everyone, life got in the way lately. For instance, I was busy making 'surprises' early December. In the Netherlands we celebrate Sinterklaas on December 5, with surprise gifts that involve a lot af crafting. Which I love to do, but it does take time, especially when you have to make 4 surprise gifts(!). 

Apparently, it were also the Dutch who brought Sinterklaas to the US a long time ago. Who, with a little help from Coca Cola, eventually became the Santa Clause we now know. Funny enough Santa Clause made his way back to Europe and some European countries now celebrate both Sinterklaas and Santa Clause:).

Anyway, back to this refashion. I fell in love with the print of this blouse, just look at those cute hands! I bought it second hand at Zalando pre-owned, not as cheap as a thrift store but I must say the quality is usually worth it (almost new)! And I really like the aubergine colour, which also happens to be one of fashion colours this winter.

However, the shape was not really my cup of tea, too long and fitted. So I decided to turn it into a looser tie front blouse.

I've been trying to find the right translation for the Dutch 'knoopblouse' and came up with 'tie front blouse', but I also ran into alternatives such as 'knot tie' and 'knot front'. So let me know if I made the wrong choice here. 

I used another tie front blouse to copy the 'knot part' and cut the excess fabric. I had measured that I wanted to shorten the blouse by 10 cm / about 4 inches (with the exception of the 'knot parts'). 

The leftover fabric came in handy to make the blouse more loose: I sewed in an extra strap of fabric in the side seams. These alterations made the blouse much more my style and I was really glad I got my 'hands' on this blouse!

If you're interested in more details, you're welcome to visit vermaakster.blogspot.com. And of course, I wish you a

merry everything and happy holidays, 

wherever you are!

🎅