I used this sleeve as drafted for my silk wrap blouse and it is a perfect flutter sleeve.īurda has you essentially underline the bodice of this dress, and finish the neckline with a facing. Honestly, I didn't know what to expect as far as how the sleeve would end up looking, but I like it, although the arrows go in opposite directions because the sleeves are mirror images, which I didn't think about. The resulting sleeve has a lot of volume and kind of a kimono style vibe.
I pretty much just extended the length out diagonally so it would have fullness at the hem and drew an almost flat lower edge. If you click on the sleeve pattern you can see my tracing line of the original sleeve. This is me making an effort.įor the sleeve, I needed a flat hem. For me, it turned out to be easier and more precise to cut out the pieces single layer, laying the first cut piece upside down on the fabric and lining up the motifs that way. I wanted to make a real effort with this project to match the print, and if you click on the bodice you can see that I traced out the flower motif so I'd get it in the same place on both sides (somebody made a Hawaiian type blouse and shared this trick, but I cannot remember who).
In the end, I had to hand-stitch the overlapping parts of the right and left neckline together which I hate doing-it is admitting defeat. Unfortunately, this turned out to still be a little gapey and I should have used more. My standard small bust adjustment for a crossover or wrap neckline is to shorten the diagonal crossover edge. Burda 05-2009-123 had the perfect upper bodice and a modifiable flutter sleeve. The original dress is just a V neck, but I thought it would be a little nicer to do a surplice neckline (and honestly, they're easier than a V neck for me I really, really hate clipping to within a thread of the V point because it makes me too nervous). I really liked the way the border was used at the sleeves as well as the hem, and it just looked like a cool, comfortable dress. I have several border print pieces in my stash and in doing research on how RTW uses border prints I ran across this Suzi Chin Maggy Boutique border print dress. It's a really soft rayon in all my favorite colors. The fabric was a birthday gift from Karen two years ago. After realizing that I wasn't going to be able to wear pencil skirts in 95º+ weather and that my go-to dress when it's really, really hot is my loose-fitting cotton Tracy Reese sundress I decided to concentrate on styles like that. I still wanted to participate, but needed to start with a pattern. Also, I am not necessarily low on mojo as such, but I have definitely been low on energy and time for sewing lately, so I was not up to the challenge of undertaking a huge, challenging project anyway. This year, however, it is a two week challenge. It is usually my opportunity to do actually draft a pattern. The Pattern Review challenge for July is Designer Knockoff, which is always one of my favorite contests of the year.
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