I have been unexpectedly busy at work, because one of our employees quit, and the rest of us have had to work harder to take up the slack. So I have not had time to take photos of the gardments I've worn each day. They've been repeats anyhow, since I don't have that many self-made garments. Here are two new tops I recently finished. The first is like the one I showed in my most recent post, except that I used thing braided trim on the shoulder and armholes to keep them from stretching. I'm sad to report that the spray-on fabric stabilizer did not work.
The braided trim worked very nicely. No stretching at all, and I'm very pleased with the way the top looks when I wear it. In fact, I wore it to the office today with a blue/gray silk suit.
The second top was made using McCall's 7978.
I used fusible interfacing on the neck edge, which helped somewhat to prevent stretching.
That does look like a beautifully made LBT! (little black top) Looks like the fusible interfacing did the trick
ReplyDeleteAs always, I appreciate your words of encouragement, Carolyn. Thanks for stopping by!
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