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To Muslin or Not to Muslin

To Muslin or Not to Muslin
I have a confession to make….come closer…..closer….closer still…..OK, I have never in my life made a muslin – until today. This wrap shirt has been sitting in my collection for quite some time. I finally purchased fabric that I think would make this blouse pop – a rich red silk that I purchased from Fabricmart Fabrics. The pattern was EXTREMELY easy; I finished everything in four hours. I always look like hell when I sew, so I had my daughter try on the shirt. When I redo this for myself, I will add about two inches in length.

The pictures on the pattern do not show this little treat. The bow really adds a little something extra to the blouse, n'est pas?


Is it arrogant of me to like my incarnation better than the ones printed on the pattern envelope?

In other news, I discovered these neck-tabs on Etsy and thought them rather clever. I have wanted to make one since last summer. I finally had the five minutes to construct this from an Old Navy tie. Tomorrow, I will make a choker from the smaller end.


Well, I am busy with spring cleaning, so hopefully, I will be back to show you all the neat things I am doing in the next week.

Thrift Store Refurbish

I absolutely adore silk! My love affair with silk began when I was 14 and my mother bought me a pale green Diane Von Furstenburg church dress. That dress was so soft and silky that I wore and treasured it until I was 25.

I was a spoiled brat and still am, but I don't always have the coinage to fund my Cosmopolitan tastes. This is one of the reasons why I make my own clothing. Another mechanism which enables me to maintain my Cosmopolitan leanings on a pauper's dime is the friendly neighborhood thrift store. While foraging this weekend, I came across these two delicious pieces of silk:

Often, one can find perfectly fine pieces in the thrift, but more often than not, one has to perform minor (or major) surgery to make a piece work. Like these two beauties had a couple of fixable imperfections. The skirt had a hideous piece of tulle attached to the hem. That might be OK for a twenty-something, but I'm pushing forty, so I can't do what the chickadees do. The blouse had an aweful cut out neckline (well, it was aweful to me, but someone else may have found it perfectly acceptable):

So, I removed the tulle from the skirt and reshaped the neckline of the blouse after removing the cutout.Here is a closer look at the back neckline:

Well, that's it for now! Back to the studio....