Just finished (well, almost finished) Vogue 8599, Marcy Tilton's vest pattern. I really like it, and pretty soon I'll post a review over on PatternReview.com, but thought I'd post here too to show I'm actually doing something!
I made a muslin, which seemed to fit pretty well, but once I put some of the final touches on the real deal (out of a great Japanese fabric I got from Marcy Tilton's website) and tried it on, there were some major problems. The worse was that the underarm area was hanging out super-loose and looked awful! Like so:
So I started doing alterations. Snugged up that underarm, but still had a bit of a gap at the breast area, so I made darts heading out toward the arm hole. Not the most beautiful design-wise, but it took care of the problem. And I guess Marcy expects women to have more of a rounded back than I do, so I had to take some fabric out of the upper back to avoid a hump of fabric there. But after all that, it looks great...except for one of the darts I made, which is doing something weird. I'm still working on that, but otherwise all done and I'm happy! Here it is:
And the back, which shows a more accurate representation of the main fabric color (it's a very, very dark brown):
The collar is a velveteen, and the back detail and arm facings are a poly satin, both from Fabric.com. They're all a lighter color than I expected when I ordered it, but I think it looks kinda neat.
Onto the next project! (oh, after I fix that dart...)
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