PR is running a fitted blouse contest that I’m managing from 1 – 31 March.
“Contest Theme: Cut, sew, model and review a fitted blouse to showcase fitting skills.”
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| Pattern magic collar on Butterick 5538 |
So while there are some key elements your blouse needs to meet to qualify for this contest, if you already have a fitted blouse pattern in your stash that needs tweaking, consider making it in March.
Here’s a link to the fitting workshop I attended last year to get this blouse fitted right.
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| Pattern magic collar on Butterick 5538 |
As this contest runs from March 1 – 31, there’s more time to sew up your blouse than you would have had in February.
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| McCalls 5433 after tweaking it for size |
There are 5 weekends in March to get your fitted blouse made.
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| Butterick 5328 |
These are a few of my fitted blouses that I prepared earlier. Does that sound cheesy enough?
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| Butterick 4985 |
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| Butterick 4985 |
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| Butterick 5328 |
One of the contest criteria is to provide a photo with you wearing the blouse to showcase your fitting skills, so my pictures showing the blouse on a dressmakers dummy would not qualify. As a manager I don’t qualify either but I do enjoy helping others sewers share their knowledge and extend their skills.
Convinced yet to sew a fitted blouse?
Convinced yet to sew a fitted blouse?
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You make it sound very tempting. Your blouse collection is very impressive. I want to make a couple of work blouses for my daughter, so I might be in!
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Have fun managing this contest! Hmmm…I will think about joining. I really liked the last blouse I made, and it looks like you've added some fantastic new ones to your wardrobe as well!
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You have made some beautiful blouses. I will think about this as I have some fabric ordered for a blouse. Thanks for the information, thanks for supervising the contest.
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Hi Maria, Well, how can I resist – I do need a new fitted shirt so I guess I may as well get on with it. Is it okay to do a wrap fitted shirt – I've always wanted to make one, so this might be the time. Sarah
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Ooh! Sewing a fitted button up blouse is one of the things I want to tackle this year. But I was waiting until the winter time… It's still warm and I want to sew for that! I'm seriously tempted though… you've got some lovely versions here. I especially like your green blouse 🙂
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They all look great! I particularly like the Pattern Magic collar versions. I have a few other things in the queue so will be cheering from the sidelines on this one…
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Wow, Maria, you seem to be the perfect manager for this contest! All those lovely shirts!
It's a good point about the extra weekend in March. I don't think the extra days make a difference but the weekend might!
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Hi Maria, thanks for your feedback – that a fitted wrap shirt is ok. I've got a Vogue pattern, with darts, so I think that will fit the criteria – similar to your butterick picture.
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This is tempting! I may do this.
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Ohhhh sounds so exciting… I'm tempted
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What a great collection of blouses. You have a great fit. Looks like the workshop was well worth it.
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I made a duct tape dummy a few years ago with the help of my husband. we had a lot of laughs in the process, but I have used that every time I make a garment to help work out fit. WHICH brings me to the contest…been thinking about it. Your fitted blouse collection is awesome!
(forgive me if this is a repeat comment…I may have already posted it!)
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Fitted blouses are certainly appealing (and not in the crazy flickr stalker way, ugh). I've made a few, but not “fitted, fitted”. Maybe I'll add one to my pattern stash constest entries (:
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