Caras amigas, primeiro tenho que vos pedir desculpa pela demora (problemas de hardware, estive o fim-de-semana todo sem portátil e tive sorte em não ter perdido toda a informação do disco).
Dear sewing friends, first let me apologise for taking so long to write this review (hardware problems with my laptop caused this; I was without being able to connect during the whole weekend and I was lucky for saving all the data in the hard disk).
Agora, sem mais demora, o conjunto preto:
Without further delay, here it is:
Dear sewing friends, first let me apologise for taking so long to write this review (hardware problems with my laptop caused this; I was without being able to connect during the whole weekend and I was lucky for saving all the data in the hard disk).
Agora, sem mais demora, o conjunto preto:
Without further delay, here it is:
This is a matching blouse and shorts ensemble, made from wrinkled black taffeta with seashell white topstitching; the blouse has silk organza ties (also topstitched) and two embroidered seams on the front. It took about 47 hours to finish and I was very pleased with the final result! Both garments can be used separately for a more casual look or together for a sophisticated look.
Podem ver a apresentação dos modelos aqui.
See the model's presentation here.
Quanto à explicação de técnicas, pare este conjunto podem consultar os seguintes artigos:
As for the addressed techniques during the making of this ensemble, you can refer to the following articles in this blog:
O molde da blusa e a marcação das casas de botão
The blouse pattern and the buttonhole placement
Marcação com alinhavos: Parte 1, Parte 2 e Parte 3
Thread tracing: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
Forrar a frente dos calções
Underlining the city shorts front panels
A blusa: as costuras e as tiras de amarrar
The blouse: the seams and the ties
Casas metidas (um método)
Bound buttonholes (one method)
A blusa está feita!
The blouse is done!
A blusa: mais alguns detalhes
The blouse: a few more details
Os calções: os vincos e as costuras
The city shorts: creases and seams
Fecho com carcela: Parte 1 e Parte 2
Fly front zipper: Part 1 and Part 2
A costura do cós atrás
The back crotch seam
As vistas da cintura e as virolas dos calções
The waist facings and the leg cuffs
Aqui têm a vista de trás:
This is the back view:
Conclusão: um projecto desafiante e demorado mas que foi concluído com sucesso (na minha opinião). Gostei de costurar este conjunto e pude por à prova mais umas funcionalidades da minha máquina nova! A blusa não precisou de qualquer ajuste de prova, serviu à primeira e os calções também não levaram qualquer ajuste pois usei um molde que já tinha experimentado para fazer umas calças. O tecido que usei tem a desvantagem de modificar a sua textura quando entretelado com entretela termo-colante mas o problema pode ser contornado. Tive a oportunidade de usar neste projecto mais uma vez a organza de seda, tanto para fins decorativos como para a construção interna (forro das frentes dos calções, entretela das vistas e da gola da blusa, guarnição das cavas).
Conclusion: this was a defying and time-consuming project but all the time and effort paid in the end. I enjoyed sewing this black ensemble and having the chance to experiment a little more with my new sewing machine! The blouse pattern didn’t take any additional fitting adjustment, it fits wonderfully well and the city shorts were also a TNT pattern since I’ve used this pattern in the past with great results. The fabric was not suitable for fusing but that problem was easily overtaken. I had the opportunity to use silk organza once more, to only as decorative effect but as inner construction structure, using it as non-fusible interfacing, underlining and as binding for the armhole seams.
Espero que tenham gostado de acompanhar este projecto comigo! Até breve!
I hope you all have enjoyed accompanying me in the making of this project! See you soon!
Conclusion: this was a defying and time-consuming project but all the time and effort paid in the end. I enjoyed sewing this black ensemble and having the chance to experiment a little more with my new sewing machine! The blouse pattern didn’t take any additional fitting adjustment, it fits wonderfully well and the city shorts were also a TNT pattern since I’ve used this pattern in the past with great results. The fabric was not suitable for fusing but that problem was easily overtaken. I had the opportunity to use silk organza once more, to only as decorative effect but as inner construction structure, using it as non-fusible interfacing, underlining and as binding for the armhole seams.
Espero que tenham gostado de acompanhar este projecto comigo! Até breve!
I hope you all have enjoyed accompanying me in the making of this project! See you soon!









Os calções já estão prontos desde a semana passada mas não tenho tido muito tempo para actualizar o blog; da próxima vez vou mostrar-vos como ficou o cós e também o pormenor das beiras da bainha; entretanto já terminei um top em bordado Inglês e comecei outro vestido (mais tarde falarei sobre isso)! Até à próxima!



































