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Usually when I post about sewing, I post about my own projects. But today's a little different; this is one of Munchkinhead's amazing creations.
Munchkinhead is queen of pattern-less wonders, so I was extra surprised when my birthday box contained a blouse sewn by her from a retro pattern. Mommy helped, but Munchkinhead's careful attention to detail was evident in many places where I could tell Mommy or I would have been like "forget that step; that's too much work!" It's a sheer cream chiffon with butterflies, hummingbirds and flowers.
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| Seam binding on the hole for the head to go through. |
The side seams are French-seamed so the delicate fabric won't unravel. The collar and arm-hole seams are completely covered by seam binding in a perfectly matching color. The collar ties lie flat and straight with no pulls or tucks, their exact evenness giving me my best possible chance at tying a half-way decent bow. And all the stitching lines, even the hem, are straight and even. Mommy used to have me practice sewing straight lines by running lined paper through a threadless sewing machine; I wasn't any good at it then and I'm only slightly better now. Munchkinhead's lines look like someone's called "ten-hut!" and they're ready to march.
It's one of my favorite blouses now. I wear it almost every week, and every time I do, I get a new compliment from someone. "Thank you, my sister made it for me." And then I call or text Munchkinhead to tell her, especially when that compliment is from someone famous.
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| Me in my fabulous Munchkinhead blouse. |
2 comments:
That pattern called for facing,a nd there was no way she wanted to face the neckline & armholes with that sheer fabric. The bias tape binding worked very well.
:D
Mommy sewed on the tie 'cause I couldn't get it to line up and she may have also sewn the hem, i don't remember.
But bias tape seems to be my thing :P
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