Today I started something I have been wanting to do for ages. I have deconstructed a top of mine - which I love but which is at retirement age - and am creating a pattern for it from the pieces I unpicked. It was a navy blue yoked top - a style I like and feel comfy in and I have pulled it apart, made pattern pieces and now I am going to attempt to recreate it in brown Colorado fabric. The yolk will be a nice contracting woven - similar to the same fabrics used in the original top.
I really want to master this skill as I am sick of patterns that dont fit me and need too much tweeking. So - lets let the mass producers do that hard yards...and hopefully it will be as simple as copying the piece.
Heres the start of the project.
I will let you know how it progresses...
Good Luck! Can't wait to see the results. I should try that with my girls clothes. Making me think....LOL Have a good night.
ReplyDeletegreat idea! I've just been toying with this idea myself! Great minds think alike :)
ReplyDeleteGilly I am watching with interest as I have thought about this often but never been game. I would dearly like to do it for pants.
ReplyDeleteGood luck.
ReplyDeleteI think if there is someone out there that can do it - it'd be you!
Can't wait to travel this journey with you... maybe then I'll be brave enough too.