Burdastyle 10/2010 Tie-front Blouse

Tie-front Blouse, my first Burdastyle pattern attempt! I'm a Burdastyle size 36 girl.

The instructions were too brief for beginners to comprehend. I was progressing fine until step 5, which got me totally lost. Reading it 20 times didn't help, so I decided to follow my gut feel and proceed with whichever feels right. haha. :)

I'm taking a break after step 6 - attaching sleeves. Sneak peek!

- to be updated after completion -

My first top

This top was made to match my skirt. :) My first attempt with knits. The experience wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. The instructions, with illustrations (same sewing book as skirt), were easy to interpret. I relied more on the illustrations though cause I have problems reading chinese. Furthermore, this book was written in traditional chinese, not the simplified chinese I was taught in school.

Basically I just needed to cut fabrics for the front, back and bias for collar, then piece all together. I found it easy to serge the pieces together. Pictures time!

Front view. I added a flower brooch bought 7 years ago.

Close up on the collar.

The sleeve.

Likes!