{"id":2558,"date":"2014-04-07T11:57:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T09:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaggedrose.se\/blog\/?p=2558"},"modified":"2014-04-07T11:57:02","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T09:57:02","slug":"my-first-afternoon-blouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jaggedrose.se\/blog\/2014\/04\/my-first-afternoon-blouse\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Afternoon Blouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"97\/365<\/a> \"Afternoon<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Jen of Jennifer Lauren Vintage<\/a> has released her own pattern, The Afternoon Blouse<\/a>.
\nBased on an original 50’s blouse, Jen calls it a retro-vival pattern, it’s a pretty quick sew, with cool details, but still has a simplicity to it. So on Thursday night (Swedish time, which I guess is Friday morning for Jen) I was about to go to bed, but just had to check Instagram one more time & I saw that Jen had posted about the pattern.
\nI popped over to her blog, saw the pattern was released & headed straight over to Etsy<\/a> to buy it. The next morning I printed the pattern & during LL’s naps, I stuck it together, searched for fabric in my stash to make a muslin & cut it out. <\/p>\n

\"Afternoon<\/a> \"Afternoon<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

I got stuck on this cream coloured linen\/cotton fabric that I had left over from a custom order I made years ago. Now what I did is not something I would recommend to beginners, but as Tim Gunn would say “Make it work” & that I did. As you can see by my bad mobile pic, I cut the back correctly following the straight grain & the front is cut on the cross grain, I also have a seam on the back, it was the only way it would work! <\/p>\n

\"Afternoon<\/a> \"Afternoon<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

There are few things I need to change to make the fit better, I didn’t want to waste time making a muslin (even if it is a very good idea), so we’ll call this one my wearable muslin.
\nI keep forgetting that having a baby has changed my body, so I need to make adjustments to the neckline, it’s gaping a bit. It could have been the fabric, the way I cut it, or I managed to stretch it while sewing\/ironing, I don’t know, but for my next one I’ll remove a bit around the neck, tighten it up slightly.
\nThe last instruction for the blouse is “Press your blouse, get dressed and you\u2019re ready to go for a cup of tea (or a cocktail) \u2013 you deserve it!” So I had to be silly & take photos with my cup of tea ;P <\/p>\n

\"Afternoon<\/a> \"Afternoon<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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