tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post7943909200068777682..comments2024-02-25T08:24:32.822+00:00Comments on Confessions of a Sewing Novice: In which I am unconvinced by Burda 07-2012-114 (and an Ottobre 05-2011-02 from the scraps)westmoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-7373483864337877172014-08-20T10:07:59.801+01:002014-08-20T10:07:59.801+01:00I kind of think I should have gone for the crosswi...I kind of think I should have gone for the crosswise positioning. Maybe it would have looked better with that broad white stripe right down the centre of the blouse? I don't know. At any rate, I am less critical of it now I've changed the neck, and also, you are right, I did at least get some PJs out of it in the end. :D<br /><br />TY for your vote :D I really am not bothered by my unfortunate second-to-last place, because I love the things I've made and have worn them all several times and that is way more important, don't you think?westmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-26264497129581377062014-08-20T10:05:55.712+01:002014-08-20T10:05:55.712+01:00I've become reconciled to my top now I added s...I've become reconciled to my top now I added some fasteners to the neck. Weird how a little detail can change my opinion of something I've made.<br /><br />westmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-13866583642293599172014-08-17T21:37:04.724+01:002014-08-17T21:37:04.724+01:00I like your top a lot, but I can sympathize with w...I like your top a lot, but I can sympathize with working with a print where there's really no good placement. The colors on that fabric are so pretty that I'm glad you were able to at least salvage a pair of shorts out of the remnant.<br /><br />I don't remember what contest it was, but I came in second to last in a contest before. Like L, I just do them for the challenge now. BTW--I was one of your votes--I thought that your wardrobe was really cute, and I was extra-impressed that you were able to whip it together in just two weeks.<br /><br /><br />Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12940774293224434567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-35239084226843256652014-08-17T03:31:53.135+01:002014-08-17T03:31:53.135+01:00I like the top; too bad you're not thrilled by...I like the top; too bad you're not thrilled by it. <br /><br />I've come in close to last before too. I join for the challenge. If I win bonus, if not ah well. I got some fabulous out of it anyway.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18384050927297629715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-39035179996757944002014-08-16T20:44:30.311+01:002014-08-16T20:44:30.311+01:00Very possibly! It's certainly loose and unfitt...Very possibly! It's certainly loose and unfitted enough to wear as a PJ top if it comes to that :D<br /><br />You are very kind. I honestly don't mind coming in close to last because I liked the things I made so much!<br /><br />(I am thinking of buying another two Pauline Alice patterns because I have enjoyed making the Carme. I am only holding back because I am not quite sure yet what my sewing plans are for autumn and how they'd fit in...)westmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-22155138189959723712014-08-16T20:28:43.380+01:002014-08-16T20:28:43.380+01:00Drats! I love the print. I guess now you have a ni...Drats! I love the print. I guess now you have a nice loungewear set??<br /><br />I totally voted for you. Loved your mini wardrobe and the carme. Oh the carme! :)SewCraftyChemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07971798108420431518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-61018414752600879442014-08-16T19:51:02.247+01:002014-08-16T19:51:02.247+01:00Yes, you can sort by votes and it tells you how ma...Yes, you can sort by votes and it tells you how many votes the top 2 or 3 people get and then your own entry. So like, the winners got something like 230 votes each, and I got 7! Since one of those votes was me, I can only assume the other 6 were friends of mine :D Honestly, it doesn't bother me because I knew that the things I made weren't very exciting and it wasn't a very thrilling mini-wardrobe. I enjoyed the making of and like wearing the clothes in question and that is genuinely all that matters in the end sewing/popularity contests notwithstanding.<br /><br />I think the bulge is partly the way that the top is hanging on Flossie, but also yes, I just don't like the way the print looks made up into a garment as well. I am not sure what I could have done differently, because the pattern repeated too often to avoid it altogether. It is a bit disappointing that it didn't turn out very well, but at least I got my PJs out of the fabric as well and it wasn't expensive or time-consuming.westmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305132395354227560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157694539788402550.post-3251630116500778762014-08-16T19:35:37.628+01:002014-08-16T19:35:37.628+01:00PR shows how everyone placed all the way to last p...PR shows how everyone placed all the way to last place? Oh holy heck no!! I never pay much attention to the contests so I had no idea. <br /><br />That may be fine for say professional golfers but these contests are different.<br /><br />On your dress form, the print is giving me the illusion that there is a bulge right across the abdomen. I know there isn't of course but that's my eye reads it. What a shame as the colors are vibrant and beautiful to look at.<br /><br />Am I the only one?MaryMary86https://www.blogger.com/profile/04934836649119869915noreply@blogger.com