Saturday, February 19, 2011

Double-gauze ice cream

My poor neglected blog! I can't believe it has been more than a month since I posted. But I have a fantastic excuse in the form of a teeny tiny wee bub making its home in my belly and making me so sick and tired in the process. My sewing machine has been gathering dust and I don't think I've ever spent this long without stitching.

But things are looking up! I'm on anti-nausea meds and I've got my sewjo back with lots of little projects planned.

I've posted about Oliver + S's ice cream blouse before. Great little pattern. I've also posted about my love of double-gauze before too. Now the two have finally met.

When my little girl had nothing to wear to a party recently I decided to make her an ice cream blouse as the pattern is so quick and simple and I knew I could finish it within a couple of hours. I thought the double-gauze would compliment it perfectly, and it does.

We had a few problems though. If you've ever worked with double gauze you'll know that it has a very loose weave. This makes it lovely and cool, but is also means that it can move out of shape a bit. In this case, the nature of the fabric meant that the two halves of the notch on the yoke wanted to go in different directions. It looks fine, but I have to be very careful when washing it. I think if I was to make this in double gauze again I would reinforce/interface the notch (same goes for any other stress areas on other garments).

On the whole though, I'm happy with this top. Here are some pics:


The completed top. The fabric is from Cosmo textiles.


Button from my stash.


Sweet pea after the party. This is a size 3 with added length, for my little giraffe :)

6 comments:

  1. Gorgeous Claire and I am so excited for you!(and very envious)!

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  2. Glad to see you back blogging. I know what it is like at the beginning of a pregnancy. I was sick with Ella and Harry and sewing was the last thing on my mind.

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  3. Gorgeous top :) And congratulations! Wonderful news. Hope your sewjo returns and that sickness stays away for the rest of the (hopefully uneventful) pregnancy!

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  4. It's a beautiful top Claire! Glad you're beginning to feel beter and are both sewing and blogging again :)

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  5. Yes, exciting news! It's so amazing to have a little one growing inside, isn't it? Hope you continue to feel well. Do you plan to find out if you'll be sewing pink or blue in the future?

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  6. Congratulations!!!!

    and as usual, a beautiful piece

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