I was never sure about the combination of this plaid print with the very bright red berries on my Christmas jumper. In the end, I didn't want to pair the two items, so I ended up wearing them separately. Which is fine. I don't need much of an excuse to wear my quilted skirt, and this was an excellent one.
As for the blouse, I do think that it will make a nice addition to my wardrobe. I have a jumper in a similar green hue that will work nicely with the plaid, as a matter of fact.
I have also been reminded that I wanted to make myself another quilted skirt at some point.
Now that I have a walking foot in my arsenal, that project is sounding a whole lot more feasible and appealing.
But as for the blouse . . . sizing up worked fine, although if I make this up again, I would probably take out some of the excess fabric through the waistline.
And the dart placement on this particular design is really, really high. I don't think it's all that noticeable in a somewhat busy print, but it was even out of place on my dress form, which has to be a first. It was probably a drafting error, except that if I scrutinize the illustrations, it almost looks like that dart is pointing above the illustration's apex . . . or maybe I'm overthinking it.
I'm not completely sold on the raglan sleeve, but it's nice to change things up and I don't believe that I have a raglan style blouse in my closet. Coats, yes . . . blouse, no.
The short sleeved version might also be nice to try at some point. But overall, I'm glad that this printed plaid finally f0und its place in my closet.
Overheard Conversation #23:
ReplyDeleteYa know, she announced receiving her prize and prized Bernina back on February 8th, 2012.
She's been working that machine hard for nearly 13 years.
Have we been casually discussing her machine for that long?
Only with niceties and well-wishes, our signature style.
With the new foot changing her life, one wonders if she will not give a review for each of her machine's feet, let alone a long-term review of the machine itself.
Something to hope for in 2025.
I have the original version of this pattern, and the darts are ridiculously high on that, too!
ReplyDeleteInteresting . . . it's not something I've ever seen on a pattern - I wonder what they were thinking?! And I wonder if that means they copied directly from the vintage original so they didn't catch the issue on the reproduction and fix it?
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