ISO

I did a little spring cleaning this weekend and went through my closet. I was absolutely amazed to find that I don’t own a single long sleeved blouse made from a woven material. I have plans to make the Pussy Bow Blouse for one of my ten garments but I’d like to add another long sleeve garment as well. So, I’m looking for pattern suggestions for my next blouse. Here’s my criteria:

Must have sleeves – preferably full length but bangle could work.
No full length button band in the front.
No jabot or ruffles unless the pattern would be easy to make without.
Readily available. Although I love a good vintage pattern, I don’t want to have to stalk ebay to get it.

If you know of a pattern that might fit the bill, let me know! Bonus points for links to finished garments using the pattern.

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Posted on October 18, 2011 at 3:00 pm in Winter Wardrobe Challenge 2011 | RSS feed | Respond | Trackback URL

16 Responses to “ISO”

Joy Ernst Kendall
October 18, 2011 at 7:45 pm

Hi!
I’ve been enjoying reading your blog. When I did a google search on Sorbettos, your picture of the black one with inverted pleat caught my eye, and I made one in white! This is a pattern I’ve been eyeing all year. There are a couple tutorials about it, too. http://www.hotpatterns.com/products/HP-1029-Plain-%26-Simple-Superfantastic-Shirt.html

And your modern dot blouse is simply dreamy.
All the best,
Joy

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- Lizz @ A Good Wardrobe
  October 18, 2011 at 9:18 pm
  
  Thanks for all the kind words, Joy. I have to credit Casey for the inverted pleat. She inspired me to try it in the beginning.
  I was just looking at the Superfantastic Shirt this afternoon! I’m thrilled to hear that there are tutorials because I’ve read that the instructions can be brief with Hot Patterns. Have you ever used HP before?
  
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gail
October 19, 2011 at 8:46 am

There’s a similar one here: http://www.burdastyle.com/patterns/092011-blouse-with-contrasting-neck-band – very slouchy, no buttons, contrasting neck band, which might fit into your pattern-mixing theme. I actually bought that magazine in Turkey over the summer, so I have the pattern, but it’s in Turkish!

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- Lizz @ A Good Wardrobe
  October 19, 2011 at 10:25 am
  
  Thanks, Gail. I agree – that could really work for mixing prints! I think that’s the same issue that my dotted blouse came from. September, right? You know, after my experience with English Burda, I don’t think it would matter much that it’s in Turkish!
  
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gail
October 19, 2011 at 11:48 am

Hehehe – have to agree! (Although I do speak/read Turkish) – If you decide you want it, I’d be happy to send it your way, although I’m not sure tracing it from the magazine pattern would be any easier than printing it out and assembling it. But at least it would be free!

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- Lizz @ A Good Wardrobe
  October 20, 2011 at 9:52 am
  
  Gail, that’s so kind of you to offer but I don’t want to take the magazine from you! You never know when a pattern from it will speak (in Turkish, of course) to you.
  
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Joy Ernst Kendall
October 19, 2011 at 6:34 pm

I haven’t used any HP patterns yet. I nearly bought one when visiting Sewtropolis in Minneapolis but fell in love with an Anna Maria Horner velveteen instead.

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- Lizz @ A Good Wardrobe
  October 20, 2011 at 9:53 am
  
  I love Anna Maria Horner’s work and had no idea there was velveteen in the line! Have you used it yet?
  
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  - Shawna
    October 23, 2011 at 5:46 pm
    
    It’s dreamy, like all AMH fabrics! And her voiles are wonderful to work with, although she doesn’t really have any that would fit your color scheme…
    
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  - Joy Ernst Kendall
    November 1, 2011 at 2:36 pm
    
    I haven’t used it yet. I was thinking of a simple skirt, but may keep it to recover a chair for my bedroom. It’s the ochre one on top. http://www.etsy.com/listing/66754403/velveteen-fat-quarter-set-innocent-crush?ref=sr_gallery_17&ga_search_submit=&ga_search_query=anna+maria+horner+velveteen&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=supplies&ga_facet=supplies
    
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    - Lizz @ A Good Wardrobe
      November 3, 2011 at 8:12 pm
      
      That is some seriously gorgeous fabric. I think it would look lovely as a recovered chair!
Meg
October 24, 2011 at 9:42 am

I was plannig on trying the new Colette Jasmine with long sleeves. You’d have to draft them yourself of course…

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- Lizz @ A Good Wardrobe
  October 24, 2011 at 10:00 am
  
  Thanks, Meg. I was talking to Gail about this. Have you seen the pattern? Would it be possible to simply extend the length and then smooth the length seam or do you think I’d have to draft the sleeve cap as well? The former I can do but the latter is unknown territory that I’ve been avoiding.
  
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Meg
October 31, 2011 at 3:40 am

Hi Lizz, I have got the pattern and I think you could probably extend the length and smooth the side seams. There are two sleeve options; I was thinking of using the one that is slightly gathered top and bottom and then just subsituting a narrow band for the supplied cuff. But I’m no expert ! So I’m not sure how it will work till I have a go!

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- Lizz @ A Good Wardrobe
  November 4, 2011 at 7:04 pm
  
  That’s just what I was hoping to hear. I hope I can get my hands on the pattern and give it a go. Thanks, Meg.
  
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