I finished this blouse today – a project from the Italian sewing magazine La Mia Boutique. This is a design from the up-and-coming Italian designer Eliana Riccio. Her style blends girly boho shapes with edgy details. I thought a little edgy blouse would be useful in the wardrobe.
I made a resolution this year to get over my tendency to make a lot of mistakes when sewing. I would sew a lot faster and enjoy it a lot more if I could stop doing stupid things. So with this blouse – a rather complex project, what with the split sleeves with plackets and cuffs and the collar with collar stand – how did I do?
- I sewed some of my flat-felled seams backwards.
- I sewed the left sleeve onto the right side of the bodice.
- I sewed things wrong side to right side a couple of times.
- I sewed little tucks into things and had to unpick several times.
- I tore open a buttonhole a tad when cutting it open.
- The collar pattern matching is dodgy.
I fixed most of these errors but said the hell with the collar.
I also ran into a problem where the sleeves were way way way too long, and I elected to make the cuffs smaller instead of shortening the sleeves and having to calculate where to put the pleats and worrying that the cuffs wouldn’t fit.
So, I’d give myself a C- in Home Ec, per the usual. I really need some strategies to get over my error-prone ways. Any ideas?
Since you asked … slow down and apply “measure twice cut once” thinking to your sewing. In other words, check/doublecheck before stitching.
Love the finished top – that fabric is gorgeous!
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Thanks for the advice, Debbie. I do feel that I double check things – I just don’t seem to “get it” sometimes until I go through the painful task of doing it wrong first.
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