Friday, May 3, 2013

Peplum top flop!

Two days ago it was 40 something degrees, rainy, but you could see the green grass.  Yesterday morning I woke up to this.....



So what do you do when you're snowed in?  Work on projects.  I've been wanting to make a peplum top, but I have no pattern, so I searched the internet for free patterns.  I found a few tutorials, but they weren't very clear, as least not to me.  So, I did what I always do, I winged it (wung it?, wanat it?), whatever!  I made it up as I went along.

This is the result:


I didn't have enough fabric to cut the peplum on the bias, so I tried to match up the plaid, as you can see, that didn't turn out to good.  I also I used the pattern for the blank canvas tee and made my own peplum, but I couldn't figure out how big to make it, so I just made it as big around at the natural waist line and flair out like an A-line skirt.  I think I should've made it a tad bigger around the waist, but then I didn't want gathers.    I think I'll look for better instructions on how to do that and if the snow doesn't clear soon, guess what I'll be doing?

4 comments:

  1. Jamie, snow! ack. It was finally hot here today in the high desert. How about using the Vogue pattern for the peplum top? I think there is a sale now.

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    1. I probably should buy a pattern instead of wasting more fabric on flops. I think when it clears up a bit, I'll have to go shopping for one.

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  2. I just made a peplum top (yet to be blogged) for my daughter from a Burda Style Pattern 08/2012 #113. It turned out really well and I really recommend that pattern. You can download and print it at home instantly.

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  3. Thanks for the info, maybe I'll have to download that pattern, I would love to see the top you made!

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