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Blue Topstitched Shirt
Monday, March 27, 2006
You just change one or two little things and woof, your sleeves go bad! These are barely wearable. They don't *hurt*, but they are not comfortable. I was trying to get my armholes up a little, and slope my shoulders a little more. I changed things just enough to ruin my sleeves.
I'm not quite sure what to do about them. There's not enough fabric to cut more. I may wear it like this once or twice, then remove them if I can't stand it.
On the plus side, I love the style of this. There are two more sets of waist darts that I may put in, if I decide to go more fitted. I topstitched along every seam and dart with white thread, and it looks really good. Even if it does become a sleeveless top, I'll enjoy it.
My drafting changes to accommodate my rounded back were very successful (except for the bad sleeves 8-| ), and the shoulder slopes are almost perfect. My shoulders slope more from my neck to the midpoint of my shoulder, and they are more square from the midpoint outward. I may try to curve that seam a tiny bit--I believe that Marcy Tilton discusses this in her Easy Guide to Sewing Tops and T-Shirts
Most likely, I'll read up on it and leave well enough alone. But I *am* gonna fix those sleeves.
I like that blue top stitched blouse. Very nice. So by all means change the sleeves cause you need to be wearing this blouse. Lois
Posted by lois at March 28, 2006 05:58 PM