Simplicity 2501

Hello blog, I've been fairly absent of late, I've been to a hens party, a wedding and been struck down with pharyngitis, but now I'm on the mend!

I managed of course to get a bit of sewing in, I've been wanting to sew up a pussy bow blouse, but I can't really find a good pattern.  I really love this Burda pattern with the massive bow, but I'm a little intimidated (read - lazy) by the thought of having to print every PDF sheet of paper off and construct the pattern and then cut it out.

So Simplicity 2501 wasn't really a pussy bow as such, but had a version with gathered sleeves and a tie, which I just extended so it was long enough to form a bow, and it worked out really well.

This fabric was really see through so I had to underline the whole thing in a thin white cotton which was a bit of a pain, but it really made the fabric pop having the bright white backing behind it as it looked a lot cheaper and flimsier beforehand. 

Here's the finished product -

I have so, so many pussy bow blouses (at least 5) but I love them so, and none that I've actually made so I'm over the moon tat this worked so well.  My first attempt at button holes too - it was so easy on my trusty little machine.  And that FABRIC, it's so beautiful, I'm in love. 

So I didn't really alter anything on this pattern other than the tie, I think next time I'd make the tie a bit wider and definitely make the whole top a bit longer, but this was easy peasy to sew up and took no time at all.

I do love having a garment that I've made that I can add to my office wardrobe too - here's what it looks like on - enjoying lunch with my pal Erin in the Brisbane sunshine.

So - it must be time to make a dress next after all these tops!  I owe some of my mates birthday dresses from last year, ha, so I should probably get started on one of those.

I'll just take this opportunity to show you this amazing 30s style fabric that's sitting pretty in my stash, I only got 2 metres of it (idiot), so I'm thinking of making a simple fitted shift dress.  The loud print deserves a simple design, so I'm on the hunt for a dress requiring a small amount of fabric, Spotlight are really putting out some amazing vintage inspired fabrics and I hear they've just put on ANOTHER vintage style line, exciting!!



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