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It took me ages to sew this project! I had this chunky rib, a print-on-demand knit, and some chocolate suedette through Minerva’s Ambassador program. All of my ideas went through th window as oon as I had my fabrics in hand. The harsh reality of getting fabrics online.
However, once they were close to each othern I found a Seventies vibe and opted to sew a vintage-inspired outfit.
J’ai mis du temps à coudre ces projets! J’avais un bord-côtes à grosses côtes*, un jersey très extensible imprimé à la demande* et de la suédine, tous trois reçus dans le cadre du programme Minerva Ambassador. Sauf que les idées que j’avais eues se sont confrontées à la réalité des tissus: c’est toujours un peu complexe de commander en ligne.
Mes premières idées sont passées à la trappe et, tout à coup, en voyant ces tissus côte à côte, j’ai trouvé qu’ils avaient un petit air des 70’s.
C’était donc parti pour un retour dans les années qui m’ont vue naître!
Did you think that finding the perfect top was easy? Not really!
Pattern for the top was obvious: I would use the chunky rib* for a cosy Hepburn top*.
Well…such ribs are sold as a tube and I really couldn’t fathom which size I should cut due to the extra stretch and shape of the tube.
Idea#1: bad.
No problem, I had already sewn a very close-fitting Rowan bodysuit by Megan Nielsen. It would look good in that checkered knit*. This is an exclusive print-on-demand fabric designed by What Abi Makes. It’s cute and whimsy.
But…I didn’t feel like wearing it due to body-image issues.
Idea#2: bin.
And, like an epiphany, came Idea#3: why not mixing both fabrics and sew a Hepburn top?
Chunky ribs for sleeves and collar and knit for the front/back.
Both colors worked well together, giving a vintage vibe to the outfit.
I cut a size 6, which is one size down from what I actually cut, to accomodate the extra stretch. I thought it would be cute under this dress as well.
I didn’t get my coverstitch out of the time-out corner, choosing instead to use the double needle of my Janome 6700P to hem the sleeves.
Let’s say that a lettuce edge was not in my options!
I cut that awful stuff and added a thumbhole cuff instead. I used this very clever tutorial by Oliver+S. Not really vintage, but so much better than that ‘hemmed’ edge.
The “Simple” skirt
The skirt pattern is a free pattern from Cindy. It’s only available in French, but it’s easy to translate.
The Petit côté vintage assuré (et assumé!) avec cette suédine marron*.
Facile à couper et patron simple à monter. J’ai coupé un 42 en taille mini. C’est vraiment mini!!! Je pense que ma longueur idéale doit être entre la version mini et midi, juste au-dessus du genou.
C’est une jupe non doublée avec une fermeture invisible au dos.
Un projet rapide à coudre.