With this editon I enter linkparty #13, with a view others I had the honour to test a pattern and release it on this day (april 15th). I made this blouse with fabric from Javro Stoffenmarkt XXL.
When I received the list of patterns we could test, I immediately loved this one. The Norma blouse. But I had some doubts because I liked almost all of the patterns, I can make all the patterns of this edition. In the end I choose this one because of the basics of the look and I already knew with kind of fabric I wanted to use.
The fabric I bought by Javro Stoffenmarkt, a store in the Netherlands, normal they don’t have online sales but now because of the Corona measures they sell via Instagram and send it. I couldn’t choose with color I wanted so my friends and mother helped me. Luckily enough at that time they had only 4 choices, now they have many more!
I choose this pattern because of the basic look and the beautiful waistline. It’s a short model but I love it, it’s my style because I’m always wearing a high waisted pants. With my figure (hourglass) it’s a nice accent to have a short top or blouse on a high waisted pants.
Some off the testers extended the blouse, but I didn’t.
It’s a easy model to make! I hacked only the hemming technique because I didn’t understand the method they were explaining. At the end I better had used the blind hemming technique because this way there is no top stitching anywhere, now there is only at the bottom. But hi, I can do that the next time! I couldn’t choose the right color anyway so choices enough.
Something else I liked about this pattern, are the sleeves. The crinkled sleeves, most of you who follow my on instagram or read my tutorial know that I totally love crinkled sleeves. This one is very decent!
For the critical viewers, Yeah I made a mistake with the buttonholes! I made I measurement error. I always measure my own buttonholes because it has to do with the size of the buttons you want to use. But this time I made a non-reversible mistake, because I noticed it too late, when the buttons where already on and I cut the fabric.
Yeti t doesn’t bother me, because I like the blouse very much! Normally i don’t make a pattern multiple times, but this one is a contender. (also because you only need 1.10 meters of fabric, lovely for coupons)
Rimpelen doe je door je steeklengte op de langste stand te zetten. (tevens de meest losse stand) Je naait dan net voor je definitieve naadwaarde langs en je maakt nog een rij net voorbij de definitieve naaiwaarde. (ik heb vaak 1.5cm naadwaarde, dus hou voor de eerste rij een voetje afstand van de stofrand en de tweede rij een voetje afstand van de gestikte naad) Aan het begin en eind hou je extra draad over waaraan je vast kan houden om te rimpelen.
