No matter. Now that I’m armed with my birthday-sewing machine and schedule of pattern sales at the local Hancock and Joanns. I’ll make it! With my own two hands! And some frothy fabric and my own teeny tiny pearl-like buttons!
First order of business. Determine what it is I like so I can find the perfect pattern… Things I must have in my own frothy shirt:
1) Scooped neckline! On a button up shirt!
2) A waist tie! I’ve recently realized that waist ties are a good thing!
3) Cool curved hem!
4) Did I mention the awesome fabric? The eyelet. The ruffles. The little teeny buttons and loops.
5) Pretty powdery colors.
I went to look at patterns. I checked hotpatterns first, since their sizing is friendly to fuller busted girls... no luck, nothing even close. Next up: the Hancock and Joanns sales flyers. Simplicity and McCall's were the sales of the day. Not surprisingly, McCall's was a bust but Simplicity had two good options.
Simplicity 2601 had some of what I wanted... here's the pattern envelope:
View B in particular caught my eye.
What works:
1) The ruffle already there - I was thinking that I'd just find the right shape for the shirt, and add the ruffle on after – bonus to have it as part of the pattern!
2) I like the bodice panel and the way the bottom of the shirt flares out into a sort of a peplum. Although I’m not sure a peplum is quite the most flattering look on me…
3) Buttons are just what I had in mind!
What doesn’t work:
1) The neckline. What I liked very most about the Anthropolgie shirt is the scooped neckline. I'm not sure it'd be super easy to redraw the neckline into a scoop AND redraft the ruffle to match!
2) The bodice panel. (ha! Made it to the like AND the dislike list!) I would like to find some nice eyelet or lace and layer that over some other color. I sort of have it in my head that I’ll just cut both fabrics and treat as one piece. More pieces = more fiddling and thicker seams.
3) The waistline. No place to add on the waist tie, which I really like. But could maybe live without.
4) The full bust adjustment. I’ll have to do one, and it seems like there’d be a lot of pattern pieces involved with that!
Option #2 is Simplicity 2936. Pattern photo…
For this pattern, view F looks like a likely candidate…
1) Scooped neck
2) Ruffles!
3) Simple lines that would work well with the waist tie
4) Not many pattern pieces, which would make it a lot easier to construct if I’m using two different fabrics
Dislikes:
1) The sleeves. Raglan design and ruffly little cuffs. The other sleeve options are little puffs with elastic and puffs with ties. None of these really appeal to me, and I really wanted a sleeveless look and am not sure how to convert.
2) The buttons. It’s hard to tell from the drawing, but it looks like these buttons are slightly different than 2601, and not in a good way. Perhaps something I can just do my way rather than the pattern’s way, but yet another change to make!
Not to be deterred, I stopped by Joanns and picked up both patterns while they were still $1.99 each. Next up: pull out all the instructions and pattern pieces and see what’s going on and what shirt to make. Then, locate some non-lame lace or eyelet...
3 [comments]:
I love this anthro top! And I've chosen the S2601 for my version, just hunting for fabric or other inspiration for this pattern. I like your blog & your style!
oooooo!!! I have 2601 cut and ready for another shirt, so I'll see how that goes! I found the perfect powdery blue fabric, but really wanted a funky lacy fabric to go over it and struck out - but just noticed at Joanns the other day a 'fall lace' (whatever that means) that has a polka dot thing going on that might work! I can't wait to get back to this shirt!!
I'm just checking in to let you know who is reading through your blog.
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