I posted HERE when I planned out this project and HERE with info on adjustments and construction. I have to admit, I did not like it when I first finished it. I called it a "Post Office" shirt! LOL!!! I finally wore it after washing it a couple of times (I dislike when it's super crisp).
Wearing it has shown that removing all of the cap ease DOES impact the fit a little - I think it limits my mobility a bit when I bring my arms forward. But it isn't straining or pulling, so there's that. Luckily, I had a tracing and adjusted that; the original sleeve is intact.
I wore it with my aqua? mint? jeans...it also pairs well with camel, red, navy, and black. I didn't like it as much with a pair of mid-toned blue pants (post office!!).
And after looking at the pics in the black skirt I was like, geez, I look so blocky! And yep...this skirt is too big. I can pinch like 3" out of the waist.
I really like the sleeve more and more! I added a center seam and topstitched that seam. It looks really good. This pattern has no dart control at all...if I made it again I'd either make it a bit looser overall or do a cheater FBA. The side view shows it's flattening my chest a bit.
Good thing this turned out well because EVERYTHING ELSE I've been working on is MEHHHHHHHHH!
I put the yellow dress in timeout and while the Burda shorts turned out well (I'm tempted to make another pair but feel like full-on fall will immediately arrive if I do)...
...the double gauze wasn't fun to sew and I realized I messed up the collar on the shirt. I feel mildly over it.
3 comments:
I totally 100% feel your pain right now with this post. I have been all about waist-free jumpsuits (not easy to find) at the moment. The two patterns I've used (True Bias Nova and Elizabeth Suzanne Clyde) are simple and right up my alley so I immediately dove into my "good" fabric to make them. The pockets and crotch are too low on the first and I completely messed up the arm holes on the Elizabeth Suzanne. Without a wait seam (and, additionally, with no side seams in the faux flat felled Clyde) I am left to start over again... or move on to a top. For now. Hang in there. You are an excellent sewist. I predict more well loved me-made garments on your horizon!
Hopefully you can rescue some of the naughty projects... or just move on for a quick win. And a thought for the gauze shirt - what if you just did decorative buttons on the outside with snaps on the inside, to get a faux buttonhole look? That way on the outside it looks like a normal shirt if you don't look too close, it still has a similar front opening situation, but no messing with buttonholes on a cranky fabric.
Thank you for being human! I like that you put projects in time out. I have a couple of items in time out, too. I think I can do something with them but it will take longer to figure out what to do and then do it. After that I will know if there is hope for them or not.
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