Happy New Year! I recently went to a thrift store to buy paint clothes, and I came away with an impulse buy. This vintage feed-sack print blouse was originally a size XL standard button-up. Nevertheless, the pin tucking and smocking at the front was difficult to resist.
With some help from
one of Renegade Seamstress's tutorials, I turned it into a much more fitted, feminine blouse. Check it out:
I was really scared of cutting off and then re-setting in the sleeves. I haven't done sleeves in a long time, and the curve seems so mysterious. With the help of
Merrick's Art's tutorial on designing new sleeves, I was able to get the shape of the sleeve cap to fit the armscye on the first try! Ok, so maybe I got lucky this time. Either way, sleeves seem a bit less scary now.
The hardest part was dealing with the sheer polyester fabric. It was kind of fragile and had a tendency to pucker with the stitches. I had to lower the pressure of my presser foot to avoid puckering the seams too much. It wasn't easy, but I think it turned out well enough to wear.
Happy Wednesday!
