It was not going to work for me...or my sister, so I scraped the blouse completely. (I can reuse the muslin for other things.) However, I was able to finish the raw edge of the collar. I used a two-tone ribbon tape:
My solution:
I set out to upsize and alter a 1960's sailor blouse pattern. This included moving and adjusting the bust darts--a trouble spot for most of the women in my family. The long and the short was, I was too gung-ho and really didn't do near as fantastic a job as I thought I had. (This is what one gets when they wing things and try to adjust at least three different patterns in the same afternoon.) It was not going to work for me...or my sister, so I scraped the blouse completely. (I can reuse the muslin for other things.) However, I was able to finish the raw edge of the collar. I used a two-tone ribbon tape: With the tape, I can wear it reversibly...plain or with the tape showing. The collar, due to this, does not have any closure on it, so I will have to use either a safety pin or a brooch to secure the ends of the collar. I also had what I planned as a tie to go with the blouse (as the whole intent of this blouse was to go with my 'Anchors Aweigh' skirt) cut from the same material as the skirt. I ended up basically roll hemming it on the machine with a roughly 1/4" hem. And immediately decided it was really probably a little too long for my short figure. My solution: And that is how I salvaged a flop. I'm fairly pleased with these results--even though I should have liked the blouse to work out... --Racheal--
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