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Show me your favorite blouse patterns for liberty lawn
rudyinok Intermediate OK USA Member since 3/4/08 Posts: 51	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/9/13 11:47 PM I just bought some beautiful liberty lawn cotton. I'd like to make a blouse. I'm 39 if that matters. But please show me some of your favorite patterns that really work well with this lovely fabric! ------ Ruth Ann
gramma b Advanced USA Member since 7/25/08 Posts: 2272	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/10/13 8:26 AM It's hard to get used to wovens and the "binding" effect after knits, but I'm wanting to try the new lawns and onion skins too--Fabric.com just yielded some new ones. I have S2255 to try, may alter to a soft curved neckline for coolness, without the collar. These cap sleeves are doubled, maybe could be a single thickness. -- Edited on 2/11/13 8:30 AM --
SecondHandRogue   Advanced Beginner RI USA Member since 12/28/05 Posts: 518	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 2/10/13 9:12 AM I just made a wearable muslin of the Alma blouse: Sewaholic alma It's really lovely, feminine without being too young (I'm 38), and sewed up easy. Tasia designs for a slim pear shape figure, and I'm a true hourglass, but I size up if between sizes and do a fake FBA (reduce seam allowance below armpit) on all sewaholic woven patterns, and it fits me perfectly. I will be using my liberty lawn next time around... ------ Yards sewn 2012: 34 Yards sewn 2013: 13.5 (goal 70!)
VivianZ   Intermediate LA USA Member since 12/8/04 Posts: 163	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 2/10/13 10:07 AM I don't know how much you bought, and I assume it was not inexpensive. If you have enough, I think you should consider a standard button up the front, collared blouse. Make it just slightly bigger, than fitted. You can wear this in the winter under a sweater, or over a T or camisole, or just as a blouse with jeans or a nice pair of slacks. My friend has a nice high end designer liberty print blouse, and she wears it all the time, with skirts, jeans, slacks, etc. Dressed up and down.
Clareew   Intermediate UNITED KINGDOM Member since 5/10/06 Posts: 923	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/10/13 10:13 AM How about Vogue 1247? ------ Clare Blog: http://art-by-clare.blogspot.co.uk/ Machines: Juki F600, Juki 654 serger, Bernina 550 for art work, Janome Coverpro 1000cp barely used A Singer Featherweight Centennial and an old Necci in the loft waiting for TLC http://art-by-clare.blogspot.co.uk/
Nancy1955   Beginner USA Member since 5/10/10 Posts: 194	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/10/13 10:39 AM A button down blouse would be pretty. Didn't JCrew have a liberty blouse for $$$$. Or you could try the Scout pattern (I can't recall who makes it), or the Collette sencha would be pretty.
lakaribane Beginner HAITI Member since 7/23/07 Posts: 1751	Login to reply to this post In reply to VivianZ << 1 member likes this. Date: 2/10/13 1:20 PM Quote: VivianZ If you have enough, I think you should consider a standard button up the front, collared blouse. I seconde the motion. Cuts down on the cutesy side that Liberty inevitably has. I would even suggest a camp shirt style with collar and stand, pockets and flaps, the works. ------ Fashion Maté, where I blog about what I (eventually) sew : http://fashionmate.blogspot.com Addicted to Pinterest? Me too! : http://pinterest.com/lakaribane/
Re Becca   Intermediate TX USA Member since 9/12/05 Posts: 2134	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/10/13 1:45 PM I have a nice piece and I just downloaded this pattern from the burda site. I'm 42 and I think that there are quite a few prints that work for those of us who aren't children. Which print did you get? -- Edited on 2/10/13 1:46 PM -- ------ http://beccabeckstuff.blogspot.com/ Damn the muslin, full speed ahead!
rudyinok Intermediate OK USA Member since 3/4/08 Posts: 51	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/10/13 6:13 PM I bought the Phoebe print in red/blue off of etsy. I bought all she had left because I loved it, it is only 50", which will obviously limit what I choose for a pattern. here is a pic of Phoebe ------ Ruth Ann
ElizabethDee   Advanced Beginner NY USA Member since 12/27/06 Posts: 709	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/10/13 7:15 PM How about the Colette Violet pattern? I used it for a Liberty print and was happy with it. For what it's worth, I made the collar smaller, very easy to do, and shortened the sleeves considerably.

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