I did one more muslin of Paco’s Drape Front Top, this time in a size medium. Much better. I can’t take a self portrait to save my life, but this gives you an idea.
Some people are great at taking self portraits. I’m not one of them.
The wrinkles on the torso and waist aren’t there when I’m not futzing with the camera. The only thing I think I need is a FBA. You can see there’s a little bit of a shelf right at the bust point. This is still good enough that I’ll hem it and finish the sleeves and wear it. But for the silk, I want it to be just a bit more perfect.
This is a great design. I’m tempted to do a blog post titled “Paco Peralta, the Anti-Twee-as-F*** Pattern Designer” (thank you for that, Tom & Lorenzo). But I think I’ll just call it “Paco Peralta, Patterns for Sophisticated Ladies” or something like that. But first, I gotta finish the silk version. More later…
Happy sewing!
Lovely. I got that pattern recently, and can’t wait to try!
Great top in a great fabric too!
That’s lovely
I saw this in person yesterday and my God it is one beautiful piece of pattern drafting and fabric choice!
Also – it was perct on you, no need to do an FBA.
*perfect*
Please do a post walking us through how you do the FBA for this pattern. I am terrified of pattern alterations… I always get that awful horizontal boob wrinkle and the one time I went up a size (or two) in the pattern to try and compensate, I ended up with a HUGE neckline, and gigantic armholes, and a speedy charity donation. That dress still haunts me!