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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Almost there!

I started sewing the 1940s blouse yesterday, and today I managed to finish all but the hand stitching of the hems.  It's not that easy to see the details in the photo though, because it's another grey day here:



I'm pretty happy with it.  The fit is good, and this silk was actually a pleasure to work with, as long as I worked slowly and carefully.  My only real issue was that I ran out of thread midway.  I cut the size 10 with no modifications, and the bust isn't as roomy as the pattern lets on, but I think for me that's a good thing.
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9 comments:

  1. LizzJanuary 21, 2012 at 5:02 PM

    Love, love, love!

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  2. GailJanuary 21, 2012 at 5:53 PM

    Thanks, Lizz!

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  3. sarah @ two tartsJanuary 21, 2012 at 10:04 PM

    Wow, you are fast!! I'm impressed.

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  4. Erin KateJanuary 21, 2012 at 10:11 PM

    Oh, it's too cute!

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  5. GailJanuary 22, 2012 at 8:51 AM

    The construction on this is pretty simple. If I didn't have to control the slipperiness of this fabric all the time, I could knock this out in a couple of hours! But the silk is totally worth it. I feel so luxurious when I put it on!

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  6. EvelynJanuary 22, 2012 at 10:53 AM

    You are a brave woman to work with silk!! It looks incredible.

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  7. GailJanuary 22, 2012 at 11:00 AM

    I have to admit I was kind of scared, because my last two projects with silk weren't winners. But it's been OK this time, knock on wood!

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  8. AndreaJanuary 23, 2012 at 8:10 AM

    It looks great on the hanger but I want the weather to cooperate so that you can show us a picture of you wearing it.

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  9. GailJanuary 23, 2012 at 2:50 PM

    Done!

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