Vogue 7827

Surprise! Not the project I planned! (when is it ever though??) This is Vogue 7827 out of a poly/rayon (mystery content $1 table) border print. The pattern itself is sadly out of print, and, incidentally, impossible to find an image of on the net. I tried! It's a "butterfly blouse" pattern, and here are the line drawings:
I made View A, because I only had 1.5 yds of this print, and I had actually cut it in half along the fold to make a full, swishy skirt some many moons ago. View A was the only one that would fit on my pieces of cut fabric! (my skirt waistbands became, handily, my waistband.)

This view was supposed to be cut on the bias, so you could easily turn under & topstitch the neckline. I had to cut this border, striped print on the straight grain, so I decided to use a bias tape on the neckline instead.

Of course I didn't have any suitable bias lying around, and no more self-fabric either. So, I used a cotton lace beading instead! I matched the edges and ran a line of straight stitching on the inside edge (on the 5/8 seamline):



The cotton lace has enough "give" to act alot like bias, so it was easy to stitch around the curve. I pressed it flat:


And then cut away the fabric from the seam allowance to about 1/4".


Press the neckline under and topstitch! Pretty inside & out! Bonus: tiny picot edge of the lace just barely peeking out.


The top is basically a giant rectangle, and you end up with these awesome kimono-y sleeves. I really like the waistband that sits right on my hips too. It keeps it from being/feeling too "sloppy".


Oh, and the shoulder seams are only tacked in two places, at the neckline and again about 6-7" away, so you get this peekaboo shoulder effect! Fun!


All in all, a great top, no fit issues (I cut the 16 and added 1" in front for my "fba". That's it.) And it screams SUMMER!! To which, all I can say is....

BRING IT!