Simplicity 2501 pt 1

As per my usual, I did not work on what I said I was going to. Nor did I work on any previously planned project or UFO. Because that would be too predictable.

Instead, I started on this one, Simplicity 2501:


And I entirely blame Shannon for her Emma Pillsbury postings. Damn her. She misdirected my mojo again. (She has a way of doing that.) I watched my Glee DVD's all weekend and pulled out all my Gleerific patterns to boot.

Emma loves bows. So do I!


But Emma doesn't have my, erm, bustification. Hee. So I didn't want to start off (in my blatant copying of Shannon copying Emma) with a pattern that I wouldn't love (i.e. one that closed me up to the neck and made me look like one big, bow-tied uniboob.) So I chose View C, the bow-collar view (but sans peplum).

I used a stretch cotton from Fashion Fabrics Club. It's a lovely red & cobalt print. If you look closely, you'll see little birds in the floral. Here's as far as I got yesterday, the basic top is together and the collar and facings attached. I still need to finish sleeves and decide about vertical darts in the back (and possibly front).


And here is a closer view of the collar. Gertie made this top last week too, in the peplum view, and her's was in an adorable navy gingham. She changed the collar (I think she'll be doing a tutorial shortly for her collar).

This view, the bow collar, wasn't as popular with Gertie & her readers, but I think mine is turning out quite cute! But that's the great thing about sewing blogs. You get to see a wide variety of garments and variations! Everyone's taste and preferences are different and that's OK.

I've been digging through my smallish stash of vintage buttons for the perfect final touch (well, after sleeves I mean). I have narrowed it down to these two, both 1940s-1950s era. At first I was sure I was using the blue (I actually bought the blue from an Etsy seller to use with this fabric). But the green look pretty fetching too.


Ok, no more blogging until I finish something and photograph it! (ps...I have a skirt to make to go with this too. I promise to try and not get distracted until the entire outfit comes together!)