Monday, August 15, 2016

Selfish sewing shirt



****update: I am in the running to become a Project run and Play Participant this season! Check out all the blogs and choose your favorite before the end of the 19th.****

Pre-cutting is a dangerous thing for me. If I will not immediately sew it, loss of interest is very big. Here, I told you I cut a shirt (and sewed a toddler dress from the scraps), and after that, the pieces were just laying there. All those test deadlines came first, but now it was finally time. The fact that we are going away to a warmer country helped (not much chance of wearing the shirt in the Netherlands when we get back due to the weather). I am super happy that I finished the shirt, it is a new favorite one.



The fabric is viscose tricot and it is super soft and stretchy with a great flow. If you haven't sewed with viscose tricot you should give it a try. Sewing it is a bit tricker than with stable bio cotton jersey's but with my serger it still worked like a charm. Also the hems were not much harder on my sewing machine then usual. Last time I already told you I got the fabric from Droomstoffen. This one is not available online, but there are several other pretty ones.


For the pattern I copied my favorite store-bought shirt. The copied shirt is my favorite shirt, so I guesstimated the pattern pieces, I did not deconstructed the actual shirt. I got that particular shirt in a second hand pregnancy clothes package (and it did not leave my closet after I was done with being pregnant). The colors have faded, but I just love the fit. I love the fact that the original shirt actually fits my chest. You can pull the cords to change the fit of the shirt.


I drafted the pattern digitally and it still needs work (the breast line has to be lowered a little, sleeves slightly different), but it is a fun first try. I will probably sew more from it because I think it would also be a great winter shirt. In the next version I will probably drop the cords, or at least put them on the inside. I always wear them pulled up anyway.


5 comments:

  1. Zelf getekend, compliment! Ziet er goed uit!

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    1. Yep dat shirt waar je vorige keer van vroeg of ik het zelf naaide
      ;)

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  2. Tof shirt! En ik heb op jou gestemd voor Project Run and Play. Hopelijk ben je erbij...

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    1. Bedankt, ik hoop het ook! PRP in het oude formaat was iets waardoor ik toen ik net begon super geïnspireerd werd en wat me een droom leek om mee te doen.

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  3. Leuk gedaan! Ziet er een super fijn shirt uit, inderdaad!

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