Before we get to the camisole, Julie and I went to Fabric Depot to purchase material for said camisole. We always enjoy looking at the sample garments and this one was a winner. The peplum shirt version was on display and, aside from the ruffles around the neckline which both of us wouldn’t bother to add in the first place, we loved this! I forgot my camera, so this is a blurry cell phone photo.
Also, before Julie and I went to Fabric Depot (this is a poorly arranged post) I cleaned the house. After vacuuming my doormat, I needed to mop the floor, so I set the doormat on my bed. Sentinel decided it was a good place to sit.
The Savannah camisole is one of two patterns available to subscribers of Seamwork magazine’s January issue. The other one was a pair of leggings with a cute tulip detail. I just made leggings, so I’m skipping that pattern now. I do need tops/shirts/etc so I’m making the camisole. This will be my first project sewing on the bias.
Here, I’ve taped and cut the pattern.
See that diagonal grain-line? Usually it would be parallel to the center fold. That’s how you know this is a bias cut. I also learned that one should cut fronts and backs of bias cut garments so the bias runs in opposite direction. This keeps the garment from twisting around the body.
Sentinel came to help with the cutting. The other thing I learned with this project was that one should cut out pieces on a single layer.
This project was advertised as taking two hours and I’m nearly at that mark. I’m also nearly done. I just need to attach the stretch lace and the straps. I did not finish this project because I’d never used stretch lace before, so I did some online research before we went to the fabric store. This was both good and bad. Good because I knew how much stretch lace cost online. Bad because the stretch lace at Fabric Depot was four times the price of the lace online. I needed two yards, which would have cost $12.00 or more at the store. So I came home and ordered five yards from a seller on Etsy (who lives in Boise, Idaho) for $6.00 including shipping.
I’m really liking this fabric and pattern so far. I look forward to finishing this project.
I was reading this post thinking "this sounds so familiar…" Oh, yeah.
That fabric is so cute! Can’t wait to see the finished product. I laughed so hard at Sentinel sitting on the freshly vacuumed doormat. Kitty logic, while incomprehensible, seems to be universal.
That peplum shirt is cute but I’m not a big fan of shirts and dresses and have ruffles at the waist line. I feel like it just makes a woman’s hips look big.
Very great pattern. Seems like it will go with many things. Can’t wait to see the progress.