Sunday, April 25, 2010

Knock Off Ann Taylor Blouse

I finished some top stitching today and hemmed up the bottom edge, which completed the project.  This is my first attempt at a knock off of another designers blouse and I am pleased with how it turned out.  I used my original shirt as a guide in tracing out the size and shape of each piece.  It took a fair amount of tracing paper and patience to do this.  Prior to top stitching, I pressed and starched each seam.  This helped as the cotton/lycra at times wanted to twist into the seam as I stitched close to an edge.