I was idly browsing some blogs back in March, and came across this photo here (forth one down - unfortunately there isn't a source on it). I instantly thought, "Alma! With pin tucks! Yes please."
So after the success with the tucks on my Mathilde blouses, I got my Alma pattern, some paper and a scrap of fabric, and started work on the pin tucks. I decided that all I needed to do was to add in the amount of fabric for each tuck. I made the spaces between the tucks 5/8", and the tucks 1/8". I ruled them out on a fabric scrap with marker pen to see what they looked like.
Then I sewed them up. I really should have ironed the fabric first!
So then I got the tracing paper out, and re-traced my front pattern piece. I ruled the lines where I wanted to insert the tucks,
then cut along the lines and filled the spaces in with pink paper. Each space is 1/8" wide.
This is what the whole pattern piece looks like. To mark the tucks on the fabric I cut a snip in the fabric, just a few millimetres long, at either side of each tuck. Then I connected them up with a long ruler and some chalk.
I'm very pleased with how they turned out.
Here's a close-up so you can see how I pressed each tuck towards the centre.
And here it is in action.
The fabric is cotton that I bought recently in The Paragon on Donegall Pass in Belfast. I've a feeling it may be quilting cotton, but I liked the pattern and it's comfortable to wear. I can't remember how much it was, but it wouldn't have been anything more than £5 per metre.
I put the zip into the back, and I'm definitely getting better with the invisible zips.
My inspiration photo also inspired me to make a pencil skirt, the pattern being Charlotte by By Hand London. But that's for another post.
I love those pintucks, it all looks so professional!!
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DeleteIts beautyfull! Must try it!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was pretty easy to do.
DeleteWhat a lovely variation on the Alma Lynne! And gorgeous fabric - it's almost Libertyesque?! Sx
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hadn't thought of that about the fabric! And they had it in red, which was really nice, and I have been considering going back to get it.
DeleteWhat a beautiful blouse! The pin tucks are perfect and work brilliantly with the collar.
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DeleteIts gorgeous, l love it and thanks for the wonderful instructions. i shall keep them 'on file' for sure!
ReplyDeleteThank you! You're welcome, it was easy to do.
DeleteWhat a great idea, your blouse looks lovely.
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DeleteSo pretty, I've been resisting this pattern for ages but you added pin tucks! I'm a sucker for pin tucks. My resolve may have just broken...
ReplyDeleteYou won't be disappointed, it's a great pattern.
DeleteI adore it. I don't own this pattern but I REALLY want it, however I am not allowed to buy it until I have made some of my other patterns first. I like the idea of this style of blouse with a pencil skirt but not sure it's a look I could pull off. Being a person of very little bottom with no swerveaciousness whatsoever I think it would be taking the pencil thing a bit too far!
ReplyDeleteI say "buy the pattern!", you will love it, and there are so many variations to make so it's good value! My friend feels the same about pencil skirts; as she so delicately puts it, "I have no bum!" ;)
DeleteThe tucks are lovely! I think it really perks up the pattern. The fabric is really pretty too...
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DeleteThis top looks great! The tucks are a lovely feature.
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DeleteYour Alma looks super cute!
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