Tag: Pattydoo

German Triangles Blouse

Getting my head around a German bluse.

I’ve been looking for a long sleeve button up pattern for ages. Then one day, someone posted a picture of their just completed button up shirt on a Facebook group I’m in. The pattern was the Julia hemdbluse from Pattydoo. Pros: long sleeves, only 3 euro, I’ve worked with her patterns before for my coat and a sweater, has video instructions. Cons: German, basically shaping through the body. The pros weighed up against the cons and I purchased the pattern. As for the fabric, is was in my hoard from when I was preparing to make the dress form and bought a bunch of fabrics. It’s a white cotton with yellow and black triangles.

  • Front
  • Sleeve strap
  • Back

This seemed to be a perfect fabric for this project. It was stable, crisp and would be able to hold poppers without difficulty. I was going poppers all the way, since there were too many buttonholes for my liking otherwise. The pattern has roll-up loops included so I decided to make those. This was also the first time in my life I actually used the ‘burrito-method’ of shirt making, so I’m very happy to scratch that off my to-sew list. I only deviated from the pattern at one point, and that was to add a smaller size popper to the collar stand. I chose a yellow one from my baby-poppers set for a little bit of contrast and because the normal size looked simply too big on the tiny stand.

  • Burrito in the middle with sleeves on the side
  • Pop(per) of colour!

In conclusion, the pattern went together wonderfully. The video guide is super helpful and I definitely know two German word combinations now (umbügeln – pressing and knappkantig absteppen – topstitching). I don’t like the body shape and length of the pattern, so I will probably substitute the Simplicity 2255 modified body shape for a future project. I also already know what fabric I will use for that project, since it has been in my stash for .. a long time now. We’ll see when I’ll get around to it.

Scrap Nelly

Using leftovers to make a one-pocket sweater.

So I told you a little about Nelly in a previous post (here), but never showed you what I used the original Nelly for. Nelly is reason that I discovered Pattydoo patterns. I found the assymmetry in the sweater so much fun, that I wanted to have it. I apparently bought it in December 2019, printed it, stuck it together and then forgot about it. When rummaging around the sewing room the other week, I found the box of leftover bits of sweater fabric that I still had. This included a small bit of Flamingo and a bit of grey from this sweater. These two fabrics together were precisely enough to make the body and sleeves of the sweater. The neck was about half as tall as it was supposed to be, due to the fact that I didn’t have more fabric.

Now, you might notice that there are a few differences between my sweater and the original. For one, I use only two fabric while there are three in the pattern – I didn’t have a third coordinating fabric, so problem solved by taping two pattern pieces together. Its also a mirror image of the original, that’s because I put the pieces (single layer) on the back of my grey fabric. I was EXTREMELY lucky that I figured out that I had them on the front of the flamingoes before cutting the fabric, and could turn them around. This project would have been a disaster otherwise. The cuffs are also a little shorter, made from some grey jersey in the hoard, mainly because it was already a little large so I didn’t need more length. And lastly, it’s more fitted through the armholes, since I took in the armhole and a bit of the side and sleeve by 3 cm at the widest point. It just looked too baggy. I think it should’ve cut a size smaller.

However, I am happy with it. Fabrics from my stash, nearly using it all up so it’s effectively a nearly free second project, especially as I’m planning on using the pattern more than once. It has the option to make a sweater with a kangaroo pocket or a hood too. I have found that the one pocket is not deep enough for my phone if I bend over, so that might be something to fix in another version.