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Well, I wanted to sew something challenging to wear on a formal event so I decided to experiment with Jennifer Pattern.
At first I cut it with long sleeves but then decided I didn’t like it so I shortened them. Also I lowered a bit the front pannel but used the same original piece for the pin tucks so the hole neckline would back down. As you may have seen, I created a waving texture with the pin tucks and added more buttons at the front. I almost forgot!, I used only french seams.
Material Notes
Very old piece of creamy colour silk fabric, maybe like a wild silk or shantung as it has a bit of that texture. Also, the wrong side of the fabric seems to be cotton or linen.. so.. I don’t really know.
Difficulty
Advanced
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Credits
Thanks to CarotteSauvage for inspiring me
Grandma for the fabric
BurdaStyle for such a great pattern
My boyfriend for taking the pictures
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Jul 29, 2010, 10.24 AMby laura oprea
Wow! Wonderful details. Love the pleats. Your variation is better than the original :)
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Jul 29, 2010, 02.07 PMby lala86
thank you!
Oct 23, 2009, 01.01 AMby decoukp
Wonderful! And it looks lovely on you.
Oct 17, 2009, 09.32 PMby irmchen
What on earth is this? In this moment I regret that I am not able to write good english. Wonderful… this blouse is wonderful and neatly done and the fabric choice is great and the photos also… and so on. ;))
Oct 15, 2009, 03.09 PMby lovelypolly
this blouse is simply amazing! So well done!
Oct 3, 2009, 09.03 AMby 90ellie
Love the details :)
Aug 25, 2009, 02.23 AMby Kristina Ramirez
Que muchos detalles!! que bonito, me gustaria llegar a coser asi algun dia.
Aug 19, 2009, 06.44 AMby dewreb
Wow! You did a great job on this! Lots a beautiful detail!
Jul 1, 2009, 11.32 AMby ink
Gorgeous! I don’t know how you managed to make all those beautiful pleats with such slippery fabric. I also agree with AnaJan, I didn’t much like this pattern until I saw your blouse! Beautiful!
Jun 8, 2009, 10.18 PMby cicaktoes
The detail on this blouse is amazing. Beautiful work – wow.
Jun 8, 2009, 09.49 AMby missb3
This blouse is really a piece of art! It must have been a lot of work to create all the pin tucks……but the result is great!
Jun 8, 2009, 05.26 AMby anajan
Gorgeous! I didn’t like this pattern before, but you made it look classy.
Jun 8, 2009, 01.57 AMby zozowahine
Beautiful! I love the wavy tucked effect, plus it looks great in satin
Jun 7, 2009, 07.42 AMby carottesauvage
Waow this is amazing! I can’t really imagine it with bishop sleeves at all! The pleating is a real eye candy!
Jun 7, 2009, 06.22 AMby harmony758
This is fantastic! All the extra details make this really special. Incredibly creative!
Jun 7, 2009, 02.58 AMby bijouxbetty
Oh wow! this is so beautiful, I can’t say how much I want to have this shirt! the sewing is beautifully done as well.
This is worthy of high end high stuuf!
Jun 6, 2009, 11.19 PMby ghainskom
that looks like a lot of work! And it looks great! I think your fabric must be a crepe satin or something similar.
Jun 6, 2009, 03.51 PMby sewella
Wow, wow and again WOW! It’s gorgeous in every way! So far I haven’t seen a more beautiful variation of the Jennifer! I love the bib-like part and the sleeves! A very neat job! You must be very proud!!
Jun 6, 2009, 02.51 PMby susisonne
Wow, what a beautiful blouse! So neatly done, looks great. I especially like the sleeve detail, well done.