I recently found this wonderful vintage fabric in a local antique shop, so I decided that I needed a red, white, and blue blouse for Mike's family's 4th of July party. Don't you think the leaves look a bit like fireworks? I made it with an
Advance pattern from 1947. It went together great with no alterations necessary - I just left the pocket off since it seemed fairly pointless. I also used a cool new trick that I learned from
Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing (which I adore, BTW!). Since the fabric was semi-sheer, I used a flesh-colored silk organza for the interfacing, which kept the faced areas from having pattern bleed-through or being brighter white than the rest of the shirt. I'll definitely be using that technique for now on!
12 comments:
very pretty!
I love it!
Lovely! And very patriotic! I agree that the leaves look like fireworks. Thanks for the flesh colored interfacing tip. I'm locking it away in my brain for future reference.
Cute!
It gives a great Fourth of July effect. Happy Fourth!
Oh I long for the day I can sew a lining....great job!!
It looks fantastic! The organza interfacing really does make a difference; I'm going to have to stock up on some of that for my projects!
♥ Casey
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Love your blouse. Thanks for sharing the flesh colored organza interfacing tip. Great idea.
Trudy
www.sewingwithtrudy.blogspot.com
I've just gone through all of your blog posts and find your blog very intriguing; so I am putting you on my blog roll so that I won't miss a thing.
I've made a couple of vintage things. Plan on making more in the future.
Trudy
www.sewingwithtrudy.blogspot.com
You did an awesome job on this. Happy 4th!
Love the blouse! You should definitely wear it throughout the year, not just on the 4th!
I love the fabric! Beautiful blouse!
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