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Featured Seamstress: Christy
Name: Christy
Skill Level: Intermediate
Patterns Used: Meringue and Taffy from The Colette Sewing Handbook
Her Blog: Little Betty Designs
Her Posts about the Patterns: Taffy Blouse and Denim Meringue
What fabric did you use? For the Taffy blouse, I used a lightweight, black swiss dot voile, which was lovely to work with and lovely to wear. The Meringue was made with a remnant of denim from my stash.
How did you decide to reflect your personal style in the pattern? I love both of these items. I wear the skirt almost every day and my husband complimented me on the Taffy when I wore it out to dinner (he never comments on my clothes, ever!).
What thoughts do you have about the project? To speed up the construction of the blouse, I roll hemmed the sleeves with my overlocker and serged all inside seams. I also made 3/8 inch binding and sewed it under the garment rather than over the raw neck edge. For the Meringue I used a quilting cotton to face the waistband and the scalloped hem. I also used a regular zipper, as I thought it would be a little stronger with such a heavy fabric. I can’t wait till I get to make the Pastille dress, but also have the Rooibos and Violet ready to go too. Which first?
Thanks, Christy!
Comments
Sara
March 19, 2012 #
Gorgeous! very inspiring too. Thanks!!
Hannah
March 19, 2012 #
Wow I can’t get over the angophora trees in the background. Beautiful outfit and beautiful trees. I miss Sydney :(
Marie
March 19, 2012 #
Fabulous outfit – it’s smart and casual at the same time…love it!
Sarah J
March 19, 2012 #
Lovely!
Bold Sewist
March 19, 2012 #
Love that Taffy!
Juli
March 19, 2012 #
I love this outfit! The scalloped hem on the denim Meringue is adorable and what a good idea to use swiss dot for the Taffy blouse! The Taffy is on my sewing list for spring as well, and I was thinking about doing a rolled hem to finish the sleeves on the sheer fabric – glad to hear that it works! Both garments look great and are very flattering on you.
Oh, and I vote for the Violet Blouse. It was the first Colette Pattern that I was able to track down and sew, it’s really fun! :-)
jenn x
March 19, 2012 #
That Taffy blouse is lovely but I really love the Meringue in denim! I keep passing by that skirt in the book but I think a denim one is in my future. Thanks for the inspiration.
Michelle Bannon
March 19, 2012 #
Very nicely done! Quite an inspiration.
Cynthia
March 19, 2012 #
This is my favorite version of Taffy I’ve seen yet.
Maddie
March 19, 2012 #
You’re using two of my favorite fabrics – denim ad Swiss dot. I am a big lover of polka dots so it is no surprise that I like the dotted fabric. The scalloped hem is very unique; I’m not surprised your husband complimented you :)
Amanda
March 19, 2012 #
This is adorable! I am loving the denim Meringue- that sucker would go with just about everything!
Amanda
March 19, 2012 #
This is absolutely beautiful! I really like the skirt – casual but flirty.
Penny
March 19, 2012 #
Lovely clothes – but best of all are the beautiful gums and Sydney sandstone in the background. Thanks for these great “Featured Seamstress” articles – they have got me onto some terrific sewing blogs, as well as being a good way of seeing Colette Patterns on a range of body types.
Judith
March 20, 2012 #
Such a great skirt – love your version of it…
Margie
March 21, 2012 #
What a great outfit. Love the fabric choices. The outfit looks great on you! Your husband was a smart man to compliment you!