I can't resist telling a story. My grandmother, who was born in 1883, enjoyed sewing and had made herself a blouse similar to this one of fine cotton with tucks and insertion and lace and who knows what else. After she finished the blouse she sprinkled and ironed it and hung it on the clothesline to become dry and crisp. It was still hanging there when the maid, clearing the table, flung the contents of the teapot out the window and all over the new blouse. Whenever anyone would wish they had servants my grandmother would tell the story of her ruined blouse. BTW, I am sure she used a sewing machine. She had an old Singer treadle machine. I can remember of the smell of the inside of the drawers!
I like you story 👍 I didn't know how my own grandmother made her white blouse, but in time, i finished my hand sewing with natural silk tread white batiste blouse I just tell my self - grandma, you can proud of me. It's some kind of feedback into the beauty in a common life.
Adding the gathered lace to the straight lace was kind of an aha moment for me. It's suddenly so clear how they achieved that look and actually so easy (well apart from actually sewing it by the looks of it 😅). Thanks for that!
The Edwardian blouses are indeed beautiful! I would have loved to see worn photos of the back also. If I find some pretty lace some day, I will make my own! Seing people on the internet do stuff, makes it a lot less intimidating to try to do it myself.
Whoever decided that lace should ever go out of style should be ashamed. I'm generally a tomboy, but I recognize beauty when I see it. Lace is so beautiful, and it's such a shame that there are so few garments nowadays that use it.
The solution to making the lace inserts was so elegant... I would never have thought of it. And the results just beautiful. Seems to have been quite frustrating to make by the end but oh so worth the effort! Fabulous work, fabulous video to watch.
Really pretty. Felt like I was listening to Anna from Downton Abby! My grandmother (1906 era) wore the most beautiful sheer blouses that this reminded of. She hated them lol. Said it was difficult to do housework in. But just gorgeous. Job well done
It seems like it was miles and miles of lace insertion, hand stitching. But it was absolutely worth the effort. Your blouse is georgious! I want to have one!
Wow, this was painstaking to watch, even sped up. Cutting through all that lace and strips of fabric after sewing it all together killed me! LOL Such pretty lace. I can't find that sort of lace where I live. Kudos for you, tackling such a complex garment. I wouldn't attempt that in a million years! Thank you for the nice music as well.
I love watching you sew, your hands are so elegant and voice so calming that I'm always surprised when the video is finished. I actually let out a gasp when i saw you free-handing with the rotary cutter, I would have never been able to stay on the lines. I'm also pretty sure I would end up stitching things down to the dressmakers ham. I envy and appreciate your skill and artistry.
I don't own a single lacy item, but I freaking love watching lacework on TH-cam. The blouse came out beautifully, and I'm slightly tempted to give it a go!
"This blouse construction would have been a lot quicker if I'd just used my bloody machine." Oh, darling, I think I need those words painted on a plaque!!
At this point, I only sew by hand. I hope my newly designed dress will be easy. It’s for the Veterans Day Ball. We will not be dancing. Hubster doesn’t & I’m too ill. But, it would be a wonderful time to get out of the house. By November, who knows.
I had to do lace inserts in a blouse, and their instructions were so complex, I ended up with really wonky inserts. You method looks so simple, with excellent results. Time to try lace inserts again.
I found your video so beneficial. I had this pattern "back in the day," but never made it. Actually, I still have the pattern, but now take a plus size. I saw that they increased the size range for this blouse pattern at Folkwear and you have convinced me to go back to my roots. Thank you for the awesome video.
It reminds me of the blouses that Gene Tierney wore in the Ghost and Mrs. Muir. I did perhaps love her black blouse the best when she was in mourning but I love all of her blouses and skirt combinations in the movie.
Just came by your channel, as I was looking for Edwardian blouse tutorials to watch, and how delightful I got, to know you are from Portugal! I am so as well, and it's so exciting to know people from your own country that share the same interest in historical fashion as you do. Ended up subscribing, of course, and I'm looking forward to see future content. Cheers !
Great weights are xxl metal washers when cutting out patterns, along with copying all patterns onto Swedish paper so I never ruin any of my paper patterns
@@breeinatree4811 It's tracing paper but it feels more like fabric. Actually, it looks and feels like an anti-static dryer sheet, but in a big roll. Really nice stuff!
Rolls of tracing paper with a 1” grid on it is especially helpful, both for grainlines and for alterations-or just plain pattern drafting. Amazon has many varieties.
I got two ‘Edwardian-style’ blouses from Target many years ago- as they’ve gotten a little snug at the arms, I’ve wanted to remake them- in accurate linen, cotton or silk- with real lace... this is fantastic inspiration! Edit: word
So a quick update I did buy this patern and sucseeded in making my first ever shirt/skirt combo. It really was not as dificult as I had feared. Though I did not atempt the lace inserts. Honestly it was a good introduction patern for dealing with sleaves, colars, yoaks, and gathering.
You've probably already figured this out by now - but just in case it could come in handy for someone else I have a couple of tips for attaching gathered lace to flat For joining by handsewing you can tame the gathered strip's desire (stubborn determination!) to twist all over the place by pinning it (at, say - the quarter-points or eighths - as many as you can bear) to a pillow or somesuch at the distances it will need to be gathered down too. (For example, if you have a 8" piece of lace that needs to be gathered down to 4" you would pin it to the pillow at the start and for every 2" of lace you want to gather you'd pin it to the pillow at 1" spacings all the way to the end.) A pressing ham or seam roll can be good for pinning, but the ironing board will do in a pinch. Now that you've pinned it down it will behave itself as you gather it up and you'll find it easier to get even gathers. For longer pieces that aren't convenient to pin all in one go (or for something you want to join by machine) you can do your gathering stitches in sections - overlapping the starting and ending points slightly. Your gathering thread is less likely to break but, if it does, it's only over a small section which you can probably gather by hand fairly quickly with a running stitch. This is handy for pieces that are too long to pin to something as well, or that you want to join by machine, because you just gather up and attach each small section at a time, distributing the gathers in that section evenly as you go. You know it will work out because you've already divided up both the piece to be gathered and the piece it will be attached to into the same number of sections on each side.
Thank you for this video! I've been wanting to make one of these for a while now but I was just intimidated by it. Seeing you make it boosted up my courage. I now just need to find the time to make it. Thankfully even in lock down my customers keep me glued to my sewing machine. Hopefully by the time we can go out again and roam the fabric stores I will find some time to make one of those lovely blouses for myself!
I followed the Folkwear pattern instructions for the yoke that included pin tucks and lace insertion. In the end, the yoke pattern piece was larger than my prepared fabric, which folkwear makes a note of it possibly happening. But, it's important to know this ahead of time. PS. Your video was the guiding light I needed for sewing up my blouse. Thank you!
Thank you for this! While I do not plan on becoming a historical costumer any time soon, I absolutely love the edwardian blouses in particular and some of my favorite shirts are those that are historically inspired, so I always want more blouses styled like this that properly fit me. This helps me understand adding lace onto a piece and gives me a shirt pattern to maybe use!
I made this blouse using the Folkwear pattern in the early 80's. It was a lot of fun and I wish I still had it. BTW, I too grew impatient and, as I remember, never hemmed the blouse. I made the skirt and wore the blouse tucked in. Good video. Thank you.
Absolutely stunning blouse. I love the lace work and all the hand work you did. If I hadn't seen you make this I would have thought it was store bought. I learned how to make lace inserts however, I will probably not make any. I could watch you sew all day. You have a talent for sure. Thank you for sharing.
Just got this pattern. It made me nervous. Seeing you so elegantly piecing everything together and knowing I can watch again if I get stuck is so reassuring. Thank you!
I discovered a cheat to not need carbon paper! Buy a pack of Carbon pencils from an art store (ive got a 12 pack of General's brand carbon pencils). use that to trace lines on the pattern, on the side to go on the fabric. use the tracing wheel. love this method!
Hola... que bella blusa...es espectacular . Sus tecnicas de costura me enseñaron mucho...tiene una nueva suscriptora. Saludos desde Venezuela. Hello ... what a beautiful blouse ... it's spectacular. Your sewing techniques taught me a lot ... you have a new subscriber. Greetings from Venezuela.😊👏👏🙏
Absolutely lovely!! You are very talented. Now i think i will try lace insertion. If you use a lighter weight thread and fine needle, the felled seams, hems, edges....non-strained areas....will appear more fine, delicate, and nearly invisible. Not that i could see these in you blouse, but i have noticed on my own projects.
You do beautiful work. I have wanted to make one of these for years. I have time now but i will use my machine to sew it. I have to admit you have more control of the fabric if you hand sew.
Working on this blouse right now as a bodice for a comfy, flowy house dress! Making a really basic version out of a navy chambray and pairing it with a patterned cotton skirt. Super stoked! Love your videos! So soothing and also super super informative!!
Stunning! Subscribed. "I decided free time was not a necessity." I am learning pintucks. I made them wide and didn't like the visible stitches, somehow I came up with a way they are not seen! IDK.
Wow such a beautiful blouse, and so much detail too! You must be very proud of making this! Btw I could help but think I was listening to the soundtrack of 'The Duchess' while watching this! - the music is so similar!
I love this style and appreciate all the work you put into making it so beautiful. I don't think I could handle all the hooks and eyes down the back for myself wearing it even if it is loose.
I love this so much! This is a great and relaxing video to watch. Lately I've spent many hours watching videos from historical sewing TH-camrs (I don't even know how I ended up here, but I love it) and this is one of the first things I've seen that I would really like to make for myself. Now I just need to figure out where to get the pattern and sewing skills to make one :)
Probably no one is going to read this, but I just wanted to pop in here to report that 1,5 years later I have actually (finally) made this blouse! The only thing I made before that was a tote bag as practice, and while the blouse isn't perfect, I'm super happy with how it turned out and had tons of fun making it 😍 Thank you Cat for the inspiration and also the video because at times I really struggled to figure things out and seeing an example really helps!
@@xXSilverWolf31Xx I saw this and smiled at it. Congrats on making the blouse! How wonderful!!! I'm gathering the gusto to make one as well. To go from tote bag to blouse means your sewing skills definetly just leveled up.
@@Amatuerartschool Thanks for your lovely reply 😊 You should definitely have a go at making one yourself! It's definitely doable with enough time and attention
Well, (not) thank you, now I reaaally want to make an Edwardian shirtwaist... XD I also would like to make it into historybounding, perhaps as a summer blouse? Though I'm not sure how to make the adjustments... If anyone has any ideas down here, I'm all ears!! ^^
The pattern is pretty easy to adjust if you trace it out off the main pattern page. My issue is that I have short arms and had to shorten my sleeve pattern 4inches! Luckily I’m used to doing this a LOT. (I just fold up the pattern).
I can't resist telling a story. My grandmother, who was born in 1883, enjoyed sewing and had made herself a blouse similar to this one of fine cotton with tucks and insertion and lace and who knows what else. After she finished the blouse she sprinkled and ironed it and hung it on the clothesline to become dry and crisp. It was still hanging there when the maid, clearing the table, flung the contents of the teapot out the window and all over the new blouse. Whenever anyone would wish they had servants my grandmother would tell the story of her ruined blouse. BTW, I am sure she used a sewing machine. She had an old Singer treadle machine. I can remember of the smell of the inside of the drawers!
I like you story 👍 I didn't know how my own grandmother made her white blouse, but in time, i finished my hand sewing with natural silk tread white batiste blouse I just tell my self - grandma, you can proud of me. It's some kind of feedback into the beauty in a common life.
Adding the gathered lace to the straight lace was kind of an aha moment for me. It's suddenly so clear how they achieved that look and actually so easy (well apart from actually sewing it by the looks of it 😅). Thanks for that!
The Edwardian blouses are indeed beautiful! I would have loved to see worn photos of the back also. If I find some pretty lace some day, I will make my own! Seing people on the internet do stuff, makes it a lot less intimidating to try to do it myself.
Whoever decided that lace should ever go out of style should be ashamed. I'm generally a tomboy, but I recognize beauty when I see it. Lace is so beautiful, and it's such a shame that there are so few garments nowadays that use it.
The solution to making the lace inserts was so elegant... I would never have thought of it. And the results just beautiful. Seems to have been quite frustrating to make by the end but oh so worth the effort! Fabulous work, fabulous video to watch.
Seriously, my jaw dropped and I proclaimed it “effing brilliant”.
Lovely, the sleeves would look so grand with ruffles as cuffs like the collar.
I would love to have seen that done
Really pretty. Felt like I was listening to Anna from Downton Abby! My grandmother (1906 era) wore the most beautiful sheer blouses that this reminded of. She hated them lol. Said it was difficult to do housework in. But just gorgeous. Job well done
It seems like it was miles and miles of lace insertion, hand stitching. But it was absolutely worth the effort. Your blouse is georgious! I want to have one!
I enjoy seeing the tedious handsewing. Mostly because I don’t have a machine. I like seeing how really you don’t need one to do a whole shirt!
Wow, this was painstaking to watch, even sped up. Cutting through all that lace and strips of fabric after sewing it all together killed me! LOL Such pretty lace. I can't find that sort of lace where I live. Kudos for you, tackling such a complex garment. I wouldn't attempt that in a million years! Thank you for the nice music as well.
I love watching you sew, your hands are so elegant and voice so calming that I'm always surprised when the video is finished. I actually let out a gasp when i saw you free-handing with the rotary cutter, I would have never been able to stay on the lines. I'm also pretty sure I would end up stitching things down to the dressmakers ham. I envy and appreciate your skill and artistry.
I don't own a single lacy item, but I freaking love watching lacework on TH-cam. The blouse came out beautifully, and I'm slightly tempted to give it a go!
Me too. Maybe it's time for us who have no lace, to make something with it.
"This blouse construction would have been a lot quicker if I'd just used my bloody machine." Oh, darling, I think I need those words painted on a plaque!!
At this point, I only sew by hand. I hope my newly designed dress will be easy. It’s for the Veterans Day Ball. We will not be dancing. Hubster doesn’t & I’m too ill. But, it would be a wonderful time to get out of the house. By November, who knows.
@@jennhill8708 I hope it went well for you!
@@dustinerik2473 This is either a bot or you just did something really invasive and insensitive to your poor girlfriend.
I had to do lace inserts in a blouse, and their instructions were so complex, I ended up with really wonky inserts. You method looks so simple, with excellent results. Time to try lace inserts again.
I found your video so beneficial. I had this pattern "back in the day," but never made it. Actually, I still have the pattern, but now take a plus size. I saw that they increased the size range for this blouse pattern at Folkwear and you have convinced me to go back to my roots. Thank you for the awesome video.
omg you really did all those lace inserts and pintucks wow
It reminds me of the blouses that Gene Tierney wore in the Ghost and Mrs. Muir. I did perhaps love her black blouse the best when she was in mourning but I love all of her blouses and skirt combinations in the movie.
Just came by your channel, as I was looking for Edwardian blouse tutorials to watch, and how delightful I got, to know you are from Portugal! I am so as well, and it's so exciting to know people from your own country that share the same interest in historical fashion as you do.
Ended up subscribing, of course, and I'm looking forward to see future content.
Cheers !
muito obrigada! :)
This is beautiful. Very nice to see a step by step. Wouldn’t it be nice if someone sold pintuck-insertion lace cotton and linen by the yard? 😂
This blouse is absolutely gorgeous! Great job.
Great weights are xxl metal washers when cutting out patterns, along with copying all patterns onto Swedish paper so I never ruin any of my paper patterns
@meghan stein - Thanks for the tip about "Swedish paper"; I never heard of it before.
What is Swedish paper?
@@breeinatree4811 It's tracing paper but it feels more like fabric. Actually, it looks and feels like an anti-static dryer sheet, but in a big roll. Really nice stuff!
Rolls of tracing paper with a 1” grid on it is especially helpful, both for grainlines and for alterations-or just plain pattern drafting. Amazon has many varieties.
I love this blouse! I love to watch these videos and then pretend I would be patient enough to make one myself! Beautifully done
I got two ‘Edwardian-style’ blouses from Target many years ago- as they’ve gotten a little snug at the arms, I’ve wanted to remake them- in accurate linen, cotton or silk- with real lace... this is fantastic inspiration!
Edit: word
Absolutely gorgeous~!! I love how you showed the way to do those lace inserts! And the over all shirt is just beautiful!
Wow, how absolutely stunning that blouse is. Wish it was suitable for a beginner.
Hello a beginner here... chalange acepted. Though I am totally leaving lace insertion as a problem for another day.
So a quick update I did buy this patern and sucseeded in making my first ever shirt/skirt combo. It really was not as dificult as I had feared. Though I did not atempt the lace inserts. Honestly it was a good introduction patern for dealing with sleaves, colars, yoaks, and gathering.
You've probably already figured this out by now - but just in case it could come in handy for someone else I have a couple of tips for attaching gathered lace to flat
For joining by handsewing you can tame the gathered strip's desire (stubborn determination!) to twist all over the place by pinning it (at, say - the quarter-points or eighths - as many as you can bear) to a pillow or somesuch at the distances it will need to be gathered down too. (For example, if you have a 8" piece of lace that needs to be gathered down to 4" you would pin it to the pillow at the start and for every 2" of lace you want to gather you'd pin it to the pillow at 1" spacings all the way to the end.) A pressing ham or seam roll can be good for pinning, but the ironing board will do in a pinch. Now that you've pinned it down it will behave itself as you gather it up and you'll find it easier to get even gathers.
For longer pieces that aren't convenient to pin all in one go (or for something you want to join by machine) you can do your gathering stitches in sections - overlapping the starting and ending points slightly. Your gathering thread is less likely to break but, if it does, it's only over a small section which you can probably gather by hand fairly quickly with a running stitch.
This is handy for pieces that are too long to pin to something as well, or that you want to join by machine, because you just gather up and attach each small section at a time, distributing the gathers in that section evenly as you go. You know it will work out because you've already divided up both the piece to be gathered and the piece it will be attached to into the same number of sections on each side.
Thank you for this video! I've been wanting to make one of these for a while now but I was just intimidated by it. Seeing you make it boosted up my courage. I now just need to find the time to make it. Thankfully even in lock down my customers keep me glued to my sewing machine. Hopefully by the time we can go out again and roam the fabric stores I will find some time to make one of those lovely blouses for myself!
All that lace work paid off!
I followed the Folkwear pattern instructions for the yoke that included pin tucks and lace insertion. In the end, the yoke pattern piece was larger than my prepared fabric, which folkwear makes a note of it possibly happening. But, it's important to know this ahead of time.
PS. Your video was the guiding light I needed for sewing up my blouse. Thank you!
Thank you for this! While I do not plan on becoming a historical costumer any time soon, I absolutely love the edwardian blouses in particular and some of my favorite shirts are those that are historically inspired, so I always want more blouses styled like this that properly fit me. This helps me understand adding lace onto a piece and gives me a shirt pattern to maybe use!
I love the lace insertion method you showed! Very clear and straight-forward. I might have to give one of these blouses a go!
beautiful work and great filming
I made this blouse using the Folkwear pattern in the early 80's. It was a lot of fun and I wish I still had it. BTW, I too grew impatient and, as I remember, never hemmed the blouse. I made the skirt and wore the blouse tucked in. Good video. Thank you.
Absolutely stunning blouse. I love the lace work and all the hand work you did. If I hadn't seen you make this I would have thought it was store bought. I learned how to make lace inserts however, I will probably not make any. I could watch you sew all day. You have a talent for sure. Thank you for sharing.
A camera lens seems like a perfectly good pattern weight to me!
What an absolutely gorgeous blouse!
That looks so beautiful! Well done on the lace choice
Just got this pattern. It made me nervous. Seeing you so elegantly piecing everything together and knowing I can watch again if I get stuck is so reassuring.
Thank you!
What an absolutely beautiful blouse!!
I am blown away, sooo beautiful!
I discovered a cheat to not need carbon paper! Buy a pack of Carbon pencils from an art store (ive got a 12 pack of General's brand carbon pencils). use that to trace lines on the pattern, on the side to go on the fabric. use the tracing wheel. love this method!
that's so cool!
Omg! This turned out so pretty! If I could get the pattern as a PDF I would totally try making one myself.
What a work of art - must be so satisfying to make something so beautiful and elegant.
Hola... que bella blusa...es espectacular . Sus tecnicas de costura me enseñaron mucho...tiene una nueva suscriptora. Saludos desde Venezuela.
Hello ... what a beautiful blouse ... it's spectacular. Your sewing techniques taught me a lot ... you have a new subscriber. Greetings from Venezuela.😊👏👏🙏
nice, wish i had the patience to do detailing work such as yours
Absolutely lovely!! You are very talented. Now i think i will try lace insertion. If you use a lighter weight thread and fine needle, the felled seams, hems, edges....non-strained areas....will appear more fine, delicate, and nearly invisible. Not that i could see these in you blouse, but i have noticed on my own projects.
I just watched this again and amazed at the loveliness of the final product!
I bought this pattern this morning! I cant wait to try it. Thank you for this video!
This turned out fabulous! Congratulations ✨You’ve definitely goven me some inspiration to tackle a similar project soon! 😊
Your blouse is beatiful .The fact you took your time to hand stitch. shows patence
I really love this blouse. I have been intimidated by insertion lace but you made it look so easy.
This is beautiful!!! Loved seeing this process.
Looks so beautiful and the collar is so sweet.
This is the most breath-taking, jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring Gibson blouse ever. I've watched the video more than once !
The pintucks and lace are glorious! wonderful work. You have so much patience.
You do beautiful work. I have wanted to make one of these for years. I have time now but i will use my machine to sew it. I have to admit you have more control of the fabric if you hand sew.
Watching this makes me wanna make this blouse again but with lace insertion
The collar is lovely on this blouse and you did an amazing job!🌸
OMG! This work is amazing. I enjoyed it so much and watched for several times. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you immensely. I love sewing and enjoyed this so much. To make elegant things requires hard work but hard work produces beautiful creations.
Beautiful job! You did make me chuckle with your commentary 😄
Working on this blouse right now as a bodice for a comfy, flowy house dress! Making a really basic version out of a navy chambray and pairing it with a patterned cotton skirt. Super stoked! Love your videos! So soothing and also super super informative!!
This blouse is gorgeous!!
That collar is beautiful, worth the effort. 👏👏👏
Thank you! So beautiful, and so much handwork!
So lovely!!! Well done. I've never loved pin-tucks as much as in your new blouse!
Beautiful ❣️. The hard work surely paid off
I recently finished my mockup of this pattern as well! I'm looking forward to many lovely blouses in the future.
Wonderful!
Beautiful craftsmanship.
be one of the few soundtracks that really suits what is viewed and is enjoyable on the ear. Impressed, thank you for doing this.
Stunning! Subscribed. "I decided free time was not a necessity." I am learning pintucks. I made them wide and didn't like the visible stitches, somehow I came up with a way they are not seen! IDK.
I love the way this turned out! That combination of pintucks and insertion lace is just dreamy!
It's really lovely. Well done.
I also use my phone as a pattern weight, hahaha
Oh I adore this! It’s so beautiful and your work is gorgeous!
You have done an incredible job on that blouse - it’s beautiful. I feel your pain with all that lace, but what an end result!
This blouse is a dream, so gorgeous !
lovely.
i think the sleeves might've been too busy with more insertion lace, so i think your choice worked out stylistically, too.
Beautiful craftsmanship
The finished blouse is absolutely stunning
Wow such a beautiful blouse, and so much detail too! You must be very proud of making this! Btw I could help but think I was listening to the soundtrack of 'The Duchess' while watching this! - the music is so similar!
I just rewatched the Duchess recently - maybe I was echoing that when I picked the soundtrack!
Beautiful work.
I love this style and appreciate all the work you put into making it so beautiful. I don't think I could handle all the hooks and eyes down the back for myself wearing it even if it is loose.
It’s lovely! I’m going to see if I can find something before this, as it seems to be part two.
I didn't make a part 1! this is all there is to the making of the blouse :)
This style is a favorite of mine !
i love these kinda stories thst inspires me.
The blouse is fabulous...I like the collar....🥰🇦🇺
This result is fabulous! I love your fine handsewing.
Where did you find such beautiful lace? It looks like the perfect choice. Well done!
Etsy :)
Beautiful. Well done
I love this so much! This is a great and relaxing video to watch. Lately I've spent many hours watching videos from historical sewing TH-camrs (I don't even know how I ended up here, but I love it) and this is one of the first things I've seen that I would really like to make for myself. Now I just need to figure out where to get the pattern and sewing skills to make one :)
Probably no one is going to read this, but I just wanted to pop in here to report that 1,5 years later I have actually (finally) made this blouse! The only thing I made before that was a tote bag as practice, and while the blouse isn't perfect, I'm super happy with how it turned out and had tons of fun making it 😍 Thank you Cat for the inspiration and also the video because at times I really struggled to figure things out and seeing an example really helps!
@@xXSilverWolf31Xx I saw this and smiled at it. Congrats on making the blouse! How wonderful!!! I'm gathering the gusto to make one as well. To go from tote bag to blouse means your sewing skills definetly just leveled up.
@@Amatuerartschool Thanks for your lovely reply 😊 You should definitely have a go at making one yourself! It's definitely doable with enough time and attention
This is just dreamy!
Lace and machines are not always a good combination. Hand joining is much more beautiful and results in fewer tears. Lovely job.
Well done! Thank you for sharing your process :)
Well, (not) thank you, now I reaaally want to make an Edwardian shirtwaist... XD I also would like to make it into historybounding, perhaps as a summer blouse? Though I'm not sure how to make the adjustments...
If anyone has any ideas down here, I'm all ears!! ^^
The pattern is pretty easy to adjust if you trace it out off the main pattern page. My issue is that I have short arms and had to shorten my sleeve pattern 4inches! Luckily I’m used to doing this a LOT. (I just fold up the pattern).
This is so pretty Cat! The close up of all the lace and tiny pleats at the end was beautiful. Great job!
It turned out lovely !
It’s SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!
Beautiful work, lovely stitching! So glad i found you 😍
Breathtaking work...