Thursday, August 09, 2007

BWOF - Finally Finished

Burda World of Fashion 5/2007, Blouse 113, fabric eyelet from Gorgeous Things.






Pattern Review:

Description:
Blouse with contrasting trim, belt loops and belt.

Pattern sizing:
38 to 46, I made a 40, it is a bit big.

Did it turn out like I wanted and like the picture?
Yes, even better, I love the classic navy and white.

Instructions?
Pretty good, really, especially for BWOF.

Likes and dislikes:
I loved the style of the blouse and all the details. The dislike - one - it took me so darn long to finish it.

Fabric:
Navy eyelet from Gorgeous Fabric. Sorry, it is sold out!

What did I change?
Well, it calls for bias binding, I used piping. I omitted the piping from the front placket and had to make some changes to sew in the piping on the yoke, sleeve hems, belt loops, etc. I ran out of piping, took forever to get to Joann's for more. Only the belt left for the piping, guess what ran out again, I had a bit of Wright's piping in cream, pulled out the cording, used some bias binding and made my one piping for the last 12 inches!!

I used navy organza for the interfacing and found this Handling Eyelet by Ann (Gorgeous Things) it was very helpful.

I think that was all my changes, it is hard to remember over 6 weeks of sewing.

Would I sew it again?
You bet, there is a dress in the same issue, sure would be cute, too. Maybe I can be faster than 6 weeks.

Conclusion:
Can't wait to wear it. I plan on wearing it with my Ottobre white crop pants, great new red shoes and my diamond necklace and earrings (24th anniversary present from hubby- our anniversary was the 6th)


Parting shots from the garden, it is surviving the 100+ heat

Moss roses:



Garden Phlox, hollyhock and another perennial (forget the name)

4 comments:

  1. Lori, you did an outstanding job! The blouse looks great!

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  2. What a snazzy top! (Not sure where snazzy came from - first thing that came into my head!)

    There is a lot of detailing on it; I can see why it took so long!

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  3. gorgeous blouse. it will be fab with white ottobre pants.

    btw...i've been catching up on podcasts during summer travel. excellent job!

    teri

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  4. It turned out great! Obviously worth the wait. Happy belated anniversary!

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