Guys, how are you doing with #mmmay14 so far? Me, not too bad, I forgot to tweet one outfit (!) and cheated a bit this weekend wearing nothing me-made 2 days in a row and now making up for it, wearing the Owls sweater yesterday and my most recent make today. Since this is the first time in about 3 weeks the sun is out, I decided I could best do a photoshoot immediately and blog about my latest creation.
As you may know I made a peplum top once, drafted from the top of the Laurel dress and a ruffled peplum attached and I love this top. I wear it all the time, to work even. Also I bought the Emery dress pattern aaages ago and was a bit frightened of adjusting the pattern. You see, my body turns out to be a little weird when it comes to sizes (xs-m-xs) and I just wasn't sure how to handle this in case of the Emery bodice. But thanks to the lovely ladies of Studio Jurk I was. I followed a workshop on adjusting patterns there and I learned a lot of new stuff. Like you need to measure the pattern on the paper and compare it to your body at the point where the garment is actually going to sit (am I making any sense??). Very useful.
So of course I was going to make a muslin. And the muslin turned out so well I decided to make a peplum top out of it. This time I used the By Hand London circle skirt app to make the peplum (the half circle skirt). And the fit is just perfect!
As you may know I made a peplum top once, drafted from the top of the Laurel dress and a ruffled peplum attached and I love this top. I wear it all the time, to work even. Also I bought the Emery dress pattern aaages ago and was a bit frightened of adjusting the pattern. You see, my body turns out to be a little weird when it comes to sizes (xs-m-xs) and I just wasn't sure how to handle this in case of the Emery bodice. But thanks to the lovely ladies of Studio Jurk I was. I followed a workshop on adjusting patterns there and I learned a lot of new stuff. Like you need to measure the pattern on the paper and compare it to your body at the point where the garment is actually going to sit (am I making any sense??). Very useful.
So of course I was going to make a muslin. And the muslin turned out so well I decided to make a peplum top out of it. This time I used the By Hand London circle skirt app to make the peplum (the half circle skirt). And the fit is just perfect!
I didn't take photo's of the insides, but they are very pretty thanks to my new serger. By the way, I completed most of the top at my mothers, we did another Mother's Day sewing bee! Lovely day at my mothers while it kept raining and raining. Should become a new yearly event!