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| Valentino Pre-fall 2015-16 |
Once again, following upon my 2016 New Year's resolution to use up my fabric stash, I pulled out a gorgeous cotton-silk blend from
Fabricville in sage colour. Inspiration for the garment was drawn from this beautiful pre-fall 2015-16
Valentino blouse. I had to shop for trims, as I did, again at the Fabricville store. I bought wide cotton and narrow synthetic lace trims.
This is my first time to show you my working sketch. Not very informative, it narrows down my ideas and gives me a sort of navigation map to where I want the garment to end up. It helps tremendously in the patternmaking process.
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| Blouse sketch |
The pattern follows the basic Rundschau (Мюллер) dress pattern. I omitted waist darts. Created separate pieces for the back and front yokes, chest decoration.
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| French seems in the making |
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| Back yoke attached to back bodice |
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| Assembled front bodice |
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| Stitching down sleeve lace inlays |
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| Sleeve plackets are ready for cuffs |
Fabrication is simple. However, I spent most of the time on the pleats and narrow sleeve lace inlays. Collar gave me a literal back ache. Side and sleeve seams are French seams. Sleeve buttons are shell buttons. Collar has a fabric covered button and a thread chain loop. Oh, and I added a little bit of sparkle to the front lace.
I have to admin that this particular blouse took forever to come together (I started it in October 2015). But hey, spring is almost upon us!
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