Butterick 6568 circa 1953
View A, the playsuit, is really high-waisted, so there’d be a lot of midriff showing if I just used the bodice. Since that is not what I’m going for, I took the pieces for the bodice, copied and extended it down. The fit is good, but I’m a little disappointed with the crappiness of the fabric, in hindsight. I bought the end of the bolt because I love black gingham and I didn’t pay much attention to how, um, lightweight the fabric was.
Side view, which is where the interesting stuff is anyway:
My sewing machine was misbehaving, but I already blogged about that. At the moment, I’m not making anything and I’ve been buried in work. Hopefully, the part will come today.




July 31st, 2008 at 8:40 pm
This top came out great! Good job elongating that bodice. I love black gingham, too, but all I can ever find is that 65% poly/ 35% cotton blend. Is that what you used?
August 1st, 2008 at 11:28 am
I’m pretty sure it’s 100% cotton, but it’s really thin.