Here's the kind of amaryllis that inspired me to name my new blouse. These bulbs show up in our stores around the winter holidays, are inexpensive, and are pretty easy to grow. |
I'll be talking about the techniques I used to create my new Amaryllis blouse in this month's Enchanted by Sewing audio podcast, which will be published before the end of July.
Yes, I love my new Amaryllis blouse! And I'm so happy I bought this wide red belt this summer. It also sets off my CA Summer Skies Shirt - both of which I've been wearing a ton with my new summer denim skirt. |
I’ve begun to enjoy naming the garments I craft. It reminds me each one is a work of art! That’s what the designers do. I’m designing for myself, and it’s fun to think like those fashion designers who give name to their creations, just like I do :-)
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Suddenly I find myself there in the middle of the train station, a looker-on to the arrival in town of The Music Manhimself. Is it the huge striped-candy blossom that makes me think about the barbershop quartet rehearsing in their shirtsleeves ? Perhaps it's the memory of Winthrop's heartbreaking lisp when he is forced to greet his elder sister, Marion's, piano student - she's named after the belladona lily, that sent me tumbling back in time.
Amaryllis, of course, was that piano student, and now she has become the inspiration for my new semi-fitted summer blouse.
Amaryllis, of course, was that piano student, and now she has become the inspiration for my new semi-fitted summer blouse.
I'll be talking about the pattern alterations I made in my Enchanted by Sewing audio podcast, which I'll publish before the end of this month Putting the partially completed blouse on my dress form Conchita, helped me to notice that the top end of my darts needed some realignment! |
I used stitch and pink seam finishing techniques for Amaryllis |
Completed Stitch and Pink |
Web Resources
Put a Little Muslin Into It - Altering a tried-and-true shirt pattern to create my Amaryllis Blouse http://meencantacoser.blogspot.com/2014/07/put-little-muslin-into-it-sleeveless.html
The Music Man - A Time Travel Trip
Basics on last month's blue and white checked seersucker CA Summer Skies Shirt http://meencantacoser.blogspot.com/2014/06/terminado-my-ca-summer-skies-seersucker.html. Find out more about techniques I used, in the June Enchanted by Sewing Audio Podcast http://www.enchantedbysewing.blogspot.com/2014/06/ench-by-sew-021-ca-summer-skies-sewing.html
Sewing a Simple Denim Skirt is Good Medicine http://meencantacoser.blogspot.com/2014/06/terminado-sewing-simple-denim-skirt-is.html
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