During a cutting binge last week I suddenly put this fabric together with this pattern. I have been planning to make the skirt, but the shirt gets surprising reviews (initially I wasn't interested at all...foreshadowing?)
The fabric is one of my favourites. It is a light silk-cotton that I spotted in Wellington at The Fabric Store, but didn't buy it since I was about to move. I was very sad about that and thought about it. Aaaand! One year later at the Fabric Store in LA I found it! I only got a meter, another problem of mine...I managed to squeeze the pattern onto it by cutting a size 6.
Vogue size 6: I have never made a Vogue size 6 in my life and I suspect I never will again. This top is so baggy that I thought I'd have enough room in it even in a size or two smaller than usual. For reference, I generally fit into a Vogue 10 and occasionally into an 8.
I was hoping that by being exacting with the french seams, that things would magically fit together. They didn't - from the very first piece. When I sewed the first center front and side together, I was really puzzled why there was about 3 extra cm at the top of the side piece. The answer is that there shouldn't be...and that got things slightly offset from the beginning. I didn't find it exactly difficult to sew, but I think that once you have done one step slightly off, it's impossible to recover because there isn't a lot of adjustment room elsewhere.
But that's ok! Because in the end, the top is COMPLETELY HIDEOUS. There is no fixing this problem. I look like a pregnant linebacker. Why do the bust darts end 3 inches out from the bust? I can find nothing flattering about this top. I had to force myself to hem it, since it was clearly a lost cause. The silk-cotton is a good fabric for the pattern, so I don't think its lack of drape is to blame. I can't imagine the shirt looking better if it were *bigger*. Overall I am mystified how it suits other people so well!
The fabric is one of my favourites. It is a light silk-cotton that I spotted in Wellington at The Fabric Store, but didn't buy it since I was about to move. I was very sad about that and thought about it. Aaaand! One year later at the Fabric Store in LA I found it! I only got a meter, another problem of mine...I managed to squeeze the pattern onto it by cutting a size 6.
Vogue size 6: I have never made a Vogue size 6 in my life and I suspect I never will again. This top is so baggy that I thought I'd have enough room in it even in a size or two smaller than usual. For reference, I generally fit into a Vogue 10 and occasionally into an 8.
I was hoping that by being exacting with the french seams, that things would magically fit together. They didn't - from the very first piece. When I sewed the first center front and side together, I was really puzzled why there was about 3 extra cm at the top of the side piece. The answer is that there shouldn't be...and that got things slightly offset from the beginning. I didn't find it exactly difficult to sew, but I think that once you have done one step slightly off, it's impossible to recover because there isn't a lot of adjustment room elsewhere.
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| That bust dart? It's like, outside my shoulder. |
But that's ok! Because in the end, the top is COMPLETELY HIDEOUS. There is no fixing this problem. I look like a pregnant linebacker. Why do the bust darts end 3 inches out from the bust? I can find nothing flattering about this top. I had to force myself to hem it, since it was clearly a lost cause. The silk-cotton is a good fabric for the pattern, so I don't think its lack of drape is to blame. I can't imagine the shirt looking better if it were *bigger*. Overall I am mystified how it suits other people so well!
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