Vogue 8813

Vogue 8813 view B

Looks cute - right?!! Wrong!!

See- it looks light and airy and shapely. Can you say big baggy sack?

My fabric choice was nice - I thought. A fine black polyester jersey with a soft hand a wonderful drape. Yes. Nice.

4 way stretch

I read nothing but rave reviews on this pattern- or did I? Maybe I only wanted to see the good and the positive, not the bad and the ugggly, because I payed full pop for this pattern. This is , Holly Hobby meets Broom Hilda!

I will do my best to try and selvage what I can otherwise it will end up in the Halloween bin for my annual Witches Only party.

At a cool 85 years, my mother would never think about dressing as frumpy as this!

Well I had a few hours at my art class to mull this over, I'm not giving up hope yet. Think I can make some alterations before it hits the tickle trunk.

1- I will take the sleeves in.

2- I will employ a similar smocking technique to the center back to add shape

3- I will batten down the hatches on those milk maid come marsupial pockets.

See, I kid you not!!!!

This is when I loose my MoJo. When my project turns out so yucky, I don't even want to go into the sewing room . I don't want to start something new because I feel guilty about my failure!!! I'm not going to give this one too much more energy . If I have to let it go, so be it. Has anyone else had these issues or is it just me?

Back to the drawing board for now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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