Wednesday 15 April 2015

Silk Granville Shirt

Silk Granville Shirt

After finishing my wearable muslin (which I haven't blogged yet, oops! but will explain more soon...) I immediately made the following changes to the pattern pieces of the Sewaholic Granville Shirt:
  • moved the side dart and waist down 1/2" using the cut and slash method above the bust on the front pieces and the two back pieces.
  • I didn't want to change the length of the shirt, so I removed 1/2" at the high hip on all three pattern pieces.
  • I added 1/8" at the waist by the front and side back pieces, created an additional 1/2" of ease all round.
  • I added 1" to the original sleeve pattern piece.
This shirt is a little difficult to get a true read on fit because the silk is so mobile, but it is feeling like the changes worked.

Saturday 4 April 2015

Chiffon Marfy Top

This top is a really old make that I've been trying to decide whether I make again or not - this was my wearable muslin.

Marfy Chiffon Top

I picked up this colourful chiffon for $3p/m at a Fabric Direct Sale last year, and not just a couple of metres, oh no, there was 5 metres left of the roll so I got the whole thing! I paired it with some simple black chiffon that I got at the Arthur Toye closing down sale for $5p/m. So you can now see why I'm calling this my wearable muslin.

Marfy 3450

The pattern is Marfy 3450 from the 2014/15 catalogue, the first that I ever bought. What drew me to this pattern was the neckline with slits down the raglan sleeve. I cut the fabric exactly to the pattern in a size 46. The overall fit is fine, even the sleeve length is perfect.

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