Monday, June 1, 2009

Sewing going on, really!

My black silk t shirt with lace sleeve is done as are the black linen pants except for the hem and my jacket is coming along fabulously. I added shoulder pads to it because they are flattering to my sloping shoulders and big shoulder look is back. These are not that big by any stretch of the imagination! I have too short a neck for that, but I like how they balance my hips. I have one low shoulder so I like the ability to even them out. It gets rid of drag wrinkles too without having to really lower the shoulder too much.

This fits me much better than Zelda. Unfortunately her bust has dropped a bit; in real life there are no drag lines. This is silk jersey and I had a b* of a time sewing it. The thread kept shredding. I changed types of needles and ended up using a microtex needle on it and changing thread with better results. Here is a picture of the sleeves before I inserted them and you can see the fabric more clearly. I cut them on the cross grain to take advantage of the net selvedge and left the hems unfinished. You really can't tell the difference between the straight and cross grain on this because the flowers are sewn on in a truly random pattern. The fabric is a leftover from a skirt I made a few years ago and came from Emmaonesock. This is from my V8151 tnt t shirt. It was tricky figuring out how much to add to the sleeve because this fabric isn't a knit. It worked, but I need to narrow the front chest on the pattern and make the sleeve cap a little wider to fit me better. In a knit it isn't so critical because of the stretch, but these sleeves showcases that the fit isn't perfect.

Next up is finishing my jacket and cutting out a couple of tops. The Hot Patterns Sunshine top in white cotton knit and maybe another animal print top.

My house is almost back to normal! My stereo is hooked up again and that makes me happy.

11 comments:

  1. Nice shirt mumzy!!! I'm glad your house is returning to normal (or as close to it as a home owned by our family can be), also pretty sure that dear old dad is pretty sick of the scraping/painting routine as well.

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  2. This looks great, Nancy! Well done.

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  3. I just LOVE your shirt and would wear it to pieces!!

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  4. I love the lace sleeve! Classy

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  5. Very pretty, feminine top. Love the lace sleeves!

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  6. What a pretty top! I love how light and feminine those sleeves look

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  7. Silk and lace, couldn't be better. Those sleeves are tdf. Very chic.

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  8. I've said this countless times and I'll say it again:
    You are so very lucky we aren't the same size because I'd steal your clothing. I love that shirt! I could totally see myself wearing something like that around Seoul. Tres chic yet very wearable.

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  9. Love the sleeves. Must pinch that idea ;)

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  10. Nancy I like this shirt a LOT and I tend to favor a discreet (well sometimes not so discrete) shoulder pad. I also have one shoulder hgher than the other. I think shoulder pads get a bad rap, maybe it a hangover from the 80's or something. When done right they really add to a garment.

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  11. Lovely top and hurray for the return of shoulder pads -- I never stopped wearing them.

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