I haven't sewed in a long time. I haven't made clothes in a really long time. Actually, other than some attempts that were complete bombs, the only clothes I've successfully made were 18th century reenacting costumes. For my large family. So why can't I make clothes that don't look frumpy and homemade?
Well, I think part of it is that patterns are made for a type of figure and maybe mine is different.
As part of my continuing M. A. P. plans (Mothers As Persons), I decided to try adjusting a pattern to fit my body. I started with a free online pattern, the Sorbetto by Collete Patterns, and did a Full Bust Adjustment to fit it to me. It was really an easy pattern and I learned a lot making the FBA. The biggest issue was trying to make binding with my binding foot. Fail!
Here's the finished shirt before I put the binding on. I'm pretty happy with it. It is fitted and I think I'd give it a little more fullness next time and try some pintucks down the front.
Speaking of pin-tucks...here's attempt #2 at clothing for me, Simplicity 2365. It's a flowy lawn type fabric and I haven't hemmed it yet. Hard to decide that in pjs. I want to make this in white linen and I'm obsessed with pin-tucks. I made this on the size according to my measurements on the envelope and it was huge. My hubs had to help me take it in all over. Live and learn. I am excited to keep trying some indie pdf patterns, I will wear both of these and I really want to get some linen. As my girl says, it's hard to make linen look bad.
