Fabrications Part 3 Smart Little Vest

Fabrications:Change the fabric, change or add trim,lengthen, shorten, fold the edges but don’t change any fitting seams.

Silhouettes #800

Look #1 Delicate Elegance

Style Changes: Extend to mid-knee length, release darts below waist. Bind collar, back neck, front, bottom, side slit, and armhole edges. Bind center back and side back seams, omit buttons and use for pairs of ties.

Look #2 Sporty Spirit

Style Changes: Add drawstring cargo pockets to the front, sew a corresponding tie in to each dart to secure the drawstring. Add a casing drawstring to the back waist area.

Look #3 Dramatic Pleated Collar

Style Changes: Replace the applied collar with a standing pleated ruffle. Add decorative ties to the back waist.
Part 1 Fabrications Wrap Top
Part 2 Shirt Dress
Until next time, happy sewing

Fabrications Part 2 Classic Shirt Dress

Fabrications:Change the fabric, change or add trim,lengthen, shorten, fold the edges but don’t change any fitting seams.

Burda 3222

Look #1 Casual Elegance

Style changes: Omit the collar, cut off the lapel, omit the sleeves, raise the armholes 1 inch. insert ruffles in the front princess seams.

Look #2 Sassy Retro Effect

Style Changes: Cuff the sleeves. Belt and Blouse the waist. Add a colorful slip to accent the sheer fabric and cut it shorter than the bloused dress.

Look #3 Dramatic Flair

Style Changes: Cut the left front panel from a vibrant print. Add asymmetrical tab and button closures.
FYI: This pattern is out of print.
Part 1 Fabrications
Until next time, happy sewing…

From Fabrications To One Pattern Many Looks Contest

Based on what I have read at the forums over at Patternreview, the one pattern many looks (opml) contest was started using inspiration from a series of Threads articles starting with issue 112, in which the  editors took one pattern and made three different looks. They called it Fabrications. The rules simple, change the fabric, change or add trim, lengthen, shorten, fold the edges, but don’t change any fitting seams
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The Fabrication series starts with issue number 112 and ends with 115, over these four issues they use a wrap front top, shirt dress, vest, and a coat.  Over the next few weeks I’ll show the different patterns and their different fabrications from Threads magazine and try to explain the changes for each look the best I can. I hope this can benefit others who want to take a pattern to its max, without extensive pattern drafting, and for others to see the many possibilities in a single pattern,

First up Vogue 2752:

Look #1 Crisp, Classy Blouse

 
Style changes: Turn-back lapels, tie waist, and inverted box pleat sewn along the shoulder/ sleeve seam at the hem.

Look #2 Sporty Sophistication

Style changes: Lapped seams on the princess line and center back. Narrow self-belt with silver buckle.

Look #3 Dressy Suit

Style changes: lengthen the sleeves, create double-breasted closure, add two rows of braid along front/ collar/ bottom edge
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Next will be the classic shirt dress.

FYI: These issues are from 2004 so some of the patterns maybe out of print.

Until next time, happy sewing...