{"id":696,"date":"2014-05-09T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wordpress\/?p=696"},"modified":"2014-12-30T00:52:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T00:52:05","slug":"finished-objects-portrait-blouse-and-pencil-skirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/?p=696","title":{"rendered":"Finished Objects: Portrait Blouse and Pencil Skirt"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of Me-Made May, I am attempting to increase the amount of me-made options in my closet instead of trying to put together a me-made outfit every day.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve been a big fan of Gertie’s Blog for Better Sewing for quite awhile, so it was a no-brainer that I would get her book when it came out. I’ve made the pencil skirt pattern before (unblogged, shame on me!) but these are the first two patterns in the book:<\/p>\n

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1) Portrait Blouse<\/p>\n

I made this from some of the free fabric I stashed from Project Runway last summer, a cotton shirting with what feels like a little lycra or spandex in it. It’s definitely got too much body for this pattern, which is meant to be a little more drapey. But on the good side, the stretch meant I didn’t have to include the side zip! I bound the raw edges with some green bias tape instead of the narrow hems dictated by the pattern because I thought they’d be too bulky in the thicker cotton and because I didn’t want to take up that much length at the hem–the pattern is drafted quite short if you’re intending to wear the blouse untucked.<\/p>\n

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Blind bias hem in the armhole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2) The Pencil Skirt<\/p>\n

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It looks a little funky on Geraldine (my inherited dressform) because she’s a little more bootylicious than I, but I am SUPER PROUD of this skirt. Again, the fabric is a Project Runway leftover, a smooth gray wool suiting that was fantastic to work with… I love the way this stuff presses. And on the inside…<\/p>\n

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The leftover silk crepe from my Truffle Dress! I had just enough to squeak out a full lining, and I’m so happy I did… it really makes this skirt super-comfy. I applied lace along the bottom edge instead of a hem, and I catch-stitched the lining to the back vent and zipper tape BY HAND, LIKE A BOSS.<\/p>\n

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Look at that couture stuff, there!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Again, Geraldine makes it look weird, but it fits me perfectly. I have a feeling this is going to see a lot of wear at work this summer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As part of Me-Made May, I am attempting to increase the amount of me-made options in my closet instead of trying to put together a me-made outfit every day.\u00a0 I’ve been a big fan of Gertie’s Blog for Better Sewing for quite awhile, so it was a no-brainer that I would get her book when it came out. I’ve made the pencil skirt pattern before (unblogged, shame on me!) but.. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sewing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions\/704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}