Here’s a look at “Morigan La Strange” :
The blouse is based on the pattern uploaded to BurdaStyle.com some time ago by JJ. I made some mods to the pattern (of course): The sleeves are now super long and have ruffling around the edges, the collar was made taller and tighter fitting with ruffling around the edge as well to give it a more romantic and dramatic feel (it is aided in this by a little scarflette/choker). I also lengthened the hemline.
BurdaStyle is awesome because you get to see pictures of an article as it is sewn by numerous other people of different body types and such. I noticed in most of the pics that the hemline of the blouse seemed to come up too high. Effectively creating a situation where you’d end up pulling and tugging the blouse down all day in an effort not to show off too much belly or back. So I lengthened the hemline to solve that little problem. I also felt the holes for the arms were a bit tight so I widened the arm hole apertures. The skirt that accompanies the blouse was made in classic a-line form and has a wonderful set of buttons that line up in the back. Check my Etsy shop for sizing and ordering details.
On the Topic of Arm Hole Apertures: Warning…This is a Rant…Sorta
I constantly have issues with tops with small armholes and the feeling that the arm holes are constantly riding up and digging into my armpits. And I’m not a big girl folks, I’m fairly petite, maybe even rather average in stature. I don’t have giant sausagie arms or something. I exercise and eat right. That said, this is a most common problem with these cute little t-shirts sold in local boutiques. The designs on the shirts are uber cute and the size says its a medium. You think, “Oh this is perfect.” The boutique doesn’t have a fitting room (common with small boutiques run out of converted homes here in Austin, Texas) and next thing you know you get your $30 tshirt home and discover that its totally riding up into your armpits because the armholes where cut as if you had toothpic arms like Starvin’ Marvin’. And you can’t return the damn thing because its been riding up into your arm pit, cutting off circulation and is now discolored a bit from your antiperspirant. Yeah, I’m a bit bitter about improperly measured arm hole apertures. So yeah. Now that I’m done ranting…I fixed that little problem on this garment. And because I’m so ticked off about the t-shirt thing I will eventually upload some pics of the t-shirts I’m talking about so you can be forwarned not to buy them unless you see one in a size large…Which the proprietor of one particlar boutique here that I love (AutomicCity) states don’t even exist. ..Which really baffled me. I mean why would you only create a t-shirt line in small and medium. Which really translates to extra small and small. ..especially after you run one of these shirts under the wash…But oh well, said shirts have now been downgraded to sleeping shirts and I’m considering cutting them up to modify their arms because they’re not even that comfy to sleep in thanks to those tight arms. Stay tuned and I may update this entry with some pix and some more ranting. Or it may inspire me to just start a new blog post on this topic!
