New Look 6104 – Threading Lightly

Pattern: New Look 6104 (view D)

While I was in the middle of trying to finish up my cold weather projects that got away from me last season, I realized I would always be a season behind if I didn’t get working on some summer clothes. So I dropped everything and whipped up this little shirt, made from fabric I got for $1.99 a yard at Sewfisticated in Framingham, MA.

When I bought this, I had a vision of making a sleeveless shirt. This New Look pattern that I had already made a muslin from seemed perfect, especially with the tucks in the front and the collar-less design.

Based on my experience from last time, I cut the neckline a bit smaller to compensate for my small shoulders and cut the bottom part a little fuller. It could probably use more adjustment next time – with the bottom more flared out and the middle part taken it a bit at the waist. Continue reading “Summer sleeves…make me feel fine” →

Pattern: New Look 6104

New Skills Acquired:

French seams
Tucks

I’m so proud! I took one piece of slightly stained discount fabric and made an actual blouse! With buttons!

As much as I like the end result, I did find this pattern a little difficult to follow. I think the main problem was it assumed I already had experience making pin tucks and shirt cuffs. It took some concentration and some interesting maneuvers cutting around a few stains, but in the end I made a pretty nice trial blouse.

Tuck Ever-Exhausting

I decided to make view C because I liked the short sleeves and I didn’t think the ruffles would work with the almost flannel-like material. The directions on the pattern basically just said to fold the material on the line provided to make the tuck. I had no idea which way to fold the material or how to make the seam. Even doing an exhaustive search on youtube confused me, since the videos usually showed using multiple lines for guidance. Using a practice scrap, I attempted my first tuck. Annnnddd I folded it the wrong way. Well I’m glad I practiced.

Tucks are created by basically folding the fabric up on the pattern line, with the wrong sides Continue reading “It Seams Complicated: My First Blouse” →