A shirt with piping details

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After writing about Zlata skirt for more than than a month, I've started feeling nostalgic about the actual sewing. While I was writing the tutorial posts I didn't have time for anything else, and so I gathered some ideas and inspiration and I've been dying to materialize them. So, once the Zlata sewalong was over, I sat down and started sewing like a mad woman. I already have some new items to show you and I'm preparing some new tutorials for you that you'll be able to see soon.

I've also joined forces with Anya of the blog Studio Artesania, who makes amazing jewelry out of polimer clay, so you'll see her works on me from now on. Along with showing off her jewelry we've found some other ways for merging our talents, but more on that in the months to come.

The first garment I'll show you is a lovely navy blue shirt with decorative piping details. You've probably already recognized the model - it's BWOF 01/2008, #108. This is absolutely the best shirt pattern I've had the opportunity to work with and somehow I don't feel like switching to another one. I've redrafted it and altered it countless times and wrote about it here. This time, since I used the plain fabric, I thought it would be nice to give the original pattern a chance once again.

I'm sure you've also recognized the Zlata skirt from the pictures - I've been wearing it non-stop ever since I made it.

However, ever since I gained some weight, I outgrew the size I've been wearing for years (38), so this time I traced the pattern in size 40. When I made the emerald shirt I noticed size 40 was a bit larger than I prefer, so this time I narrowed the pattern at bust and waist. Later on I realized I narrowed it too much, but it was too late to correct the mistake, so the shirt is a bit tight. Honestly, I don't stress about it, but I'll alter the pattern once again so that the next shirt I make (and I'm sure there will be more shirts) should fit me just fine.

This has made me think - how much attention do you pay to fitting and do you make the clothes that's fitting you perfectly, or do you tolerate some minor imperfections? I love having a perfectly fitting clothes and I try to make my garments the best I can. However, sometimes I make mistakes since I avoid making muslins. If the flaw is minor, that does not make me look weird when wearing the garment, I'll consider the garment good enough to make it a keeper. 

Back to shirt. In order to break monotony of the plain fabric, I trimmed the shirt using a piping. The bias band I used has a plaid pattern in blue and white tones.
The bias band was bought ages ago for a skirt I was sewing for my mom. I can't remember why I didn't use it back then, but it matched perfectly with the navy popline, and there was enough of it to trim the seams ans pipe the collar and cuffs.

Finally, here are some close-up pics to show you the details.

How to buy the pattern

Zlata skirt pattern costs $11.98,and it can be bought via my Etsy shop.  I use 2Checkout as a payment collector - it is an equivalent to PayPal - which accepts the following payment methods: * PayPal via 2checkout (www.2co.com) * Credit / Debit cards via 2checkout : Visa, Dina Card, Master Card, American Express, Discover PayPal doesn't support selling option for my country yet, so I use 2Checkout payment collector instead.

When making a purchase order, select "Other" in the payment options. I have to manually issue an invoice for you, via 2Checkout system. The invoice contains a link where you can complete the purchase - it's a page on 2Checkout's website. Once you fill in your billing information, you can chose to pay either by using PayPal account or your credit card. You don't have to register to 2checkout and you won't be charged any additional fees. It's simple, fast and secure. Once the payment is completed, I will enable the pattern download on my Etsy store. I monitor the state of my Etsy store several times a day, and I get instant emails whenever any change is made, so the purchase is usually completed within the same day. Sometimes, due to my daily duties and a time zone differences, it takes more than a day to complete the purchase.

For any additional information about the pattern or the purchase, feel free to email me at: anajan.stepalica [at] gmail [dot] com. 

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• Zlata skirt Pattern #1401
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• How to finish a sleeve slit on a blouse
• Sewing a sleeve cuff on a blouse
• Setting in a sleeve on a blouse
• Numerous faces of the blouse BWOF 1/2008, #108

Košulja sa paspul detaljima

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Nakon više od mesec dana pisanja o Zlata suknji i njenom šivenju, uželeh se da zaista sednem za mašinu i napravim nešto novo. Naime, dok sam pisala tutorijal postove, nisam imala vremena ni za šta drugo, pa su se ideje nakupile i gotovo sam pucala od želje da ih realizujem. Zato sam, kad se serijal o šivenju približio kraju, sela za mašinu i počela sumanuto da radim. Već imam nekoliko stvari da vam pokažem, a pripremam i nove tutorijale, koje ćete uskoro imati priliku da vidite.

Pored toga, udružila sam snage sa Anjom sa bloga Studio Artesania, koja pravi fenomenalan nakit od polimerne gline, pa ćete ubuduće moći da vidite njene rukotvorine na meni. Spojile smo lepo i korisno, a ja sam se našla u ulozi manekenke. Pored nakita, smislile smo još zanimljivih načina da udružimo snage, no o tome više reči narednih dana i meseci.

Prva u nizu mojih kreacija je veoma slatka teget košulja sa dekorativnim paspul detaljima. Model sigurno već prepoznajete - u pitanju je kroj iz Burde 01/2008, #108. Ovo je ubedljivo najbolji kroj za košulju koji sam imala priliku da šijem, i nekako mi se ne odustaje od njega. Nebrojeno puta sam ga remodelovala, izmenila, prekrojila, i pisala o tome ovde. Ovaj put, pošto sam koristila jednobojni materijal, pomislih kako bi bilo lepo da se vratim originalnom modelu.

Sigurno ste na slikama prepoznali i Zlata suknju, koju non-stop nosim od kako sam je napravila.

Međutim, od kako sam se ugojila, prerasla sam svoju dosadašnju veličinu 38, tako da sam ovaj put košulju iskrojila u veličini 40. Kada sam šila smaragdnozelenu košulju primetila sam da mi je veličina 40 malo veća nego što volim da nosim, tako da sam prepravila kroj i suzila ga u predelu struka i grudi. Kasnije se ispostavilo da sam i previše suzila košulju, ali je bilo prekasno da išta promenim - košulju mogu da obučem, ali je preko grudi blago tesna. Iskreno, ne tangiram se previše zbog toga, ali ću kroj još jednom korigovati kako bi sledeća bluza koju po njemu napravim (a sigurna sam da će ih biti još!) bila taman.

To me navodi na razmišljanje - koliko pažnje poklanjate korekciji kroja, i u kojoj meri vam je bitno da vam garderoba bude savršeno taman, i da li tolerišete sitne nesavršenosti koje verovatno samo vi primećujete, i možda još poneko ko se razume u šivenje i ukrajanje garderobe? Ja volim kada je garderoba dobro ukrojena i trudim se da je napravim najbolje što mogu. Međutim, ponekad napravim manje ili veće greške, jer uglavnom izbegavam da testiram krojeve. Ukoliko je greška mala, i takva da odeću mogu da obučem a da ne izgledam čudno, smatraću da je taj komad garderobe dovoljno dobar da ga nosim.

Kako bih razbila monotoniju jednobojnog materijala i istakla kroj, ukrasila sam košulju paspulom u šavu, a traka koju sam koristila ima lepu karo šaru u teget i plavim tonovima na beloj podlozi.

Paspul traku sam imala u svom šteku pozamanterije - kupljena je pre nekoliko godina sa idejom da ukrasum suknju koju sam šila za mamu. Ne mogu da se setim zašto nisam iskoristila traku tada, ali sada se savršeno uklopila sa teget puplinom, i imala sam je taman dovoljno da je umetnem u sve šavove i paspuliram kragnu i manžetne.

A evo i par slika da izbliza dočaraju detalje košulje.

Kupovina kroja

Zlata kroj za suknju košta $11.98, ali kupci iz Srbije ovaj šnit mogu kupiti za upola manje novca, tj. za 500 RSD. Kroj se može kupiti u dolarskoj valuti preko moje onlajn prodavnice na Etsy sajtu, ili uplatom novca u dinarskoj valuti na moj žiro račun. Napominjem da dinarske cene ne važe ukoliko kupujete preko Etsy prodavnice. Za sve dodatne informacije o kupovini, molim vas šaljite mi email na adresu: anajan.stepalica [at] gmail [dot] com.

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• Šivenje manžetne rukava na bluzi
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