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Wow, what a difference ONE LITTLE DART (or should I say one little GIGANTIC dart) makes! Your blouse is absolutely CUSTOM FIT now, and it looks GREAT! One thing I noticed: I couldn't get the picture of the blouse BEFORE the gigantic dart to come up (but luckily I had seen the picture earlier). I'm not sure if that's my PC acting up AGAIN, or if it's a bad link. At any rate, this top looks GREAT on you, and all of your fitting changes made it happen. I LOVE that bulk-free collar, too! :o)
3/7/09 9:12 PM
Your final blouse fits perfectly. The fabric is wonderful.
3/7/09 9:33 PM
That is a beautiful shirt! Your details are perfect! Great fit even with the gigantic dart.
3/7/09 10:22 PM
I adore this wind blown look on you - so supermodel-ish! Kudos to you for taking this shirt to another level! You made it look more enticing than Vogie's!
3/7/09 10:34 PM
Cute shirt, great color for you, and all the alterations sure help, much too hard for me. Maybe you should just try the pattern on me instead of taking it in, you could let it out through the hips and waist. lol
3/7/09 11:23 PM
This is just a wonderful blouse! I love the fabric, the square buttons, the pattern-matched cuffs, the fit, the big smile on your face, Well done!
3/7/09 11:25 PM
WOW..love that blouse. The fabric is great and the fit is excellent. Looks great on you.
3/8/09 0:42 AM
Wow, I have been working on the fit of this blouse for quite a while, I wish mine fit as well as yours. I think the base block for this blouse is quite different from the usual Vogue bodice block.
3/8/09 4:55 AM
Well done! It's very smart and distinctive, and your neat work is superb.
3/8/09 5:48 AM
Just terrific Christa...Looks so good on you! Wonderful pattern alterations...the large dart just "melts" into the print of the fabric. Your collar unit is just PERFECT!
3/8/09 6:49 AM
Really nice shirt, you did a great job of fitting this and the fabric is lovely.
3/8/09 8:30 AM
This style looks wonderful on you! Love the "vintage" fabric and buttons. I have that pattern but haven't made it. Yours just moved it up in line!
3/8/09 9:01 AM
I love your shirt! The fit is really great and the fabric is beautiful! Great job!!
3/8/09 9:50 AM
I adore your vintage fabric! Fantastic job fitting this blouse. Even though your dart is "gigantic" it's nicely shaped and doesn't "pooch" at the endpoint. Great job on every detail.
3/8/09 10:30 AM
Resulting blouse is well worth all your hard work!
3/8/09 10:43 AM
Very cute blouse! Great fit too. And how good that the pattern gives good instructions for the collar/band construction. I worked with Coffin's instructions, but it took me an aweful long time to understand. Your result is beautiful, very high end rtw.
3/8/09 10:47 AM
Very cute top. I love the fabric.
3/8/09 12:01 PM
Not only do you look like a movie star in your beautiful wind-blown pics, you've constructed a piece of perfection! I love the 'very vintage' fabric and the careful matching you've done on the collar & cuffs, etc. I haven't had as much luck so far with Nancy Z's fitting method as you obviously have, but you've inspired me to get the book out and try again. Great work!
3/8/09 12:31 PM
I love, love, LOVE your blouse. It's fabulous right down to the perfect little vintage-y rounded square buttons. The fabric is wonderful, and clever you figuring out the perfect dart "fix" to make it fit just right. :) :)
3/8/09 12:40 PM
This is perfect!! Great job.
3/8/09 2:09 PM
That is a wonderful shirt. You inspire me to try altering patterns to fit better. I plan to tackle that later. Gorgeous fabric. The added dart worked wonders for the fit.
3/8/09 2:58 PM
Awesome fit! Your alterations are just perfect. I hope you'll make this again.
3/8/09 3:28 PM
Gorgeous and pretty!!!
3/8/09 3:51 PM
Very nice fitting blouse. All of your adjustments paid off. I love the color green so your fabric is also appealing to me.
3/8/09 4:45 PM
Great job, Christa, the dart made so much difference.
3/8/09 9:09 PM
Love your fabric choice! This blouse seems like it fits you really well--it's the first thing I noticed when I clicked on your thumbnail!
3/8/09 9:24 PM
Hi Christas - Congratulations on your achievement. This is asking a lot - you are already so kind to explain your alterations - but I just don't understand your descriptions of them and can't follow what it is you did from the pictures either ... and hoping to make this blouse because I have the pattern though I see from earlier reviews that others had problems too... If possible could you re-explain/show how you did your adjustments... Or I'll wait to see if you post a review if you make another blouse. Thanks ... I appreciate all your reviews.
3/8/09 10:55 PM
Hi Persevering, I really do not feel that I have this pattern fitting properly yet. To me it is still too wide through the shoulders. The gigantic dart was really just an unconventional last ditch effort of trying to save the shirt in some way. After I saw how much ease was still in the blouse after alterations, I put on the blouse wrong side out and I then pinned the fabric to extend the original dart to end right at my apex. I sewed the very extended dart. I had put quite a bit of time in the alterations before even starting the blouse which were: narrowing the shoulders by 5/8 of an inch at the top of the shoulder where it meets the arm and re-drawing to the larger size at the underarm and on down to the hips by the pivot method. If you have the book "Fitting Finesse" you can see what I mean by pivoting to the size you need to keep the curve of the armhole. I also moved the dart up on the pattern piece by cutting a rectangle around it and moving it straight up one inch and then redrawing the side seams. I think the drafting is very different on this blouse. I am planning on making this blouse again while everything is still fresh in my brain. I will try to take more pictures of the process. Wish I could be more help. Everyone, thanks so much for the nice comments!
3/8/09 11:20 PM
What a great review ! This blouse seams to be difficult to fit. Did you read Kbenco's blog, she has done 8 muslin of that blouse so far. !!! The final result looks very nice to mee. I like that "vintage" fabric. All details are so nicely done... I agree with you, the collar band is perfect... well you are talented on top of the great pattern technique SB is showing. I like the picture with your hair in the wind. You look fabulous. What a miracle of the nature you are ! ;-) Oh, I almost forgot Kbenco's blog address http://kbenco.blogspot.com/.. 8 muslin, that is enough to kill Annette ;-) LOL
3/8/09 11:23 PM
Ooooooooo, VERY FUNNY, Mahler! :o)) I HEARD THAT!!
3/9/09 0:08 AM
Bless you and your family Christas. How very kind of you to explain further for me to understand - and I've located "Fitting Finesse". You and other wonderful ladies are so generous sharing your experience!!! I've been educating myself from this PR site since discovering it, in the hopes of getting back into sewing when I can reorganize my life to make it possible (my daughter is getting married overseas next month etc. ...) I really like classic designs that don't date/are always fashionable, which is what I want to sew and which this pattern appears to be. Yet I have no knowledge/experience on fitting, so I really appreciate everything you (and others) share. THANK YOU!
3/14/09 12:33 PM
Beautiful job on your blouse Christas! Thank you for sharing all of your fitting techniques. In view of some of your comments about this line of patterns, I thought it would be a good time to remind everyone of Sandra's theory and development of them. (If you have access to older issues of VoguePatterns Magazine, they had an introductory article or two that go into greater detail.) But here's an address to her website page that explains in part what the differences are in her pattern line: http://sandrabetzina.com/sizing.htm. It will explain some of the problems you encountered and what to be aware of in future endeavors! :-) When you know what to expect, that's half the battle sometimes!
3/14/09 10:55 PM
Super helpful to have all this information...I just got the Coffin book and have been working on shirts and blouses. I think I'm one of those people headed for ten muslins aaaaaaagh. Your collar is so perfect! Very beautiful shirt.
5/5/09 9:09 AM