I haven’t been online much lately, because I’ve been busy with other projects. Sunday, I picked up several sewing patterns, and threw myself into making a new blouse with abandon.

It took a wee bit longer than I’d expected. When it comes to sewing, I’m just slightly obsessive about ironing seams and making gathers perfect and getting those hems exactly straight. So the blouse wasn’t done until a bit after 4 am Monday morning. I was going to stop a lot earlier, but I realized I only had the sleeves left to do…yeah, the sleeves took a while. What with the trim, and all.

An illustration of the blouse is here. I made the long-sleeved version, which has trim around the neckline and on the sleeves, which are open along the tops of the arms. I thought it would be a nice breezy top, and it did turn out quite nicely, although using black fabric (with a very lovely bright lavender trim) doesn’t exactly make it look summery.

Lyse stopped by Monday after her errand to Midas, and said she was vaguely creeped out by seeing the new garment on a hanger. “It’s just weird!” she insisted. “It didn’t exist yesterday.” I pointed out that it most certainly did, just not in that form. Hey, I may be a witch, but I can’t make stuff appear out of thin air. *laugh*

For my next project, I can’t decide whether to make a skirt or a sundress…