After completing the maxie dress from the previous post; I still had a bit of the Everglade colored fabric left. Encouraged by my not-so-failing-as-I-think-I-am experience with stretch it seemed fitting to keep going and see if I could keep improving. I had picked up Butterick B6418 during an amazing sale. Like many others before me, I recognized it’s potential and saw all the numerous ways it could come in handy in the future. The opportunity for different fabric variations seemed like a lot of fun; but since I’ve never made a tunic with real sleeves like this, and so it seemed the wise thing to do would be to make the basic silhouette as a sample. That way I could be sure it would fit and that it actually look good before spending the cash on coordinating knit and lace. I used all of the remaining Everglade fabric (Guess I’ll have to get back to Sewfisticated). I have pretty much nothing left except some scraps to make scrunchis or something.
Butterick B6418 in it’s simplest shape is only 4 pieces (front, back, and two sleeves). I started cutting at 6:30, and I hung up the completed shirt at 9:30. That’s including setting up the machine, thread jams, mess-ups, and having to constantly move the pattern around on the scrap fabric to try and get all 4 pieces out of it. I also stopped for dinner of course! I loved this pattern and I’ll definitely be on the look out for more stretch fabric that I can use with Butterick B6418. The possibilities are endless with this flattering plug-and-play pattern.
Psst.. I wore the shirt to work the next day! Rewarding? You better believe it!
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