I'll do a bunch more notes in a few days, but I wore it in to town yesterday and got pics when we got home, so I wanted to post them up here.
 |
| Simplicity 8243 blouse, with arm down |
 |
Simplicity 8243 blouse, with arm up showing
the crease up near the shoulder pad |
 |
| Simplicity 8243 blouse, back view - no back shaping |
 |
of course the front view picture is fuzzy - we just cannot have a photo session
without an out-of-focus pic (or three) |
This top came out WAY fancier than I had envisioned. I was going for "cute and casual," but as you can see, it stepped over that standard. I had quite the time finding shoulder pads locally - finally decided to scour Goodwill's racks, and sure enough I found a red dress (probably poly) with red shoulder pads and a red long back zipper and even a cute bit of red lace across the front. Trust me, the blouse doesn't look right without the shoulder pads ... unless you adjust them out. That's another post.
1 comment:
Wow, hard to tell that there are shoulder pads in there. You did a good job inserting them. About the divot below the pads: I'm not sure but I think that will be seen with pads as my jackets (purchased) have that. I eliminate them from blouses so can't be sure about them there.
Post a Comment