It wasn’t until this year that I figured out what a macaron was… the almond ones, that is.
Growing up with a family member who despised coconut, macaroon (with two O’s) were not discussed, or talked about, or were to enter the house.
So I just assumed that the two O version was the same as the one O…
I was wrong. The latter is a pastel color rainbow!
Much like the Sorbetto I made.
(Jumping in to say that yes, I am wearing headphones for these photos. When it’s just me and my self timer function on the camera, and I’m in the middle of a Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast, I will refuse to remove headphones…)
This pattern has been floating around the interwebz for longer than I’ve been blogging, but I never took much interest in it. I didn’t have many reasons to wear a sleeveless blouse-type shirt, since I was in college… and I’m still in college.
But now I’ve a part time job that suggests business casual attire. And as a newbie to the world, I’m sticking (mostly) to it.
I’ve got plenty of stuff that is appropriate, but I figured that another blouse never hurt anyone!
This fabric was given to me when my former boss destashed last year, and even though its not at all my style, I jumped on it. I had been thinking Archer, but in the end that didn’t happen. I’m glad now, as it is very wrinkly right out of the wash, and I have no patience to iron an Archer every wash. A Sorbetto is much more ironable.
The drafting of the pattern seemed nice, and all the sewing went well. If I had worked directly from start to finish (until the alterations) it would have been maybe an hour, hour and a half at most.
Mistake number one was using a small-width fabric, so it felt like I was eating up over two yards (though I do have plenty of scraps).
Mistake number two was using such a wide bias tape, but it was the only one I had in stash that was definitely long enough and happened to match the colors pretty well.
Mistake number three was not pressing my alterations post sewing.
My neckline was gaping at the back and the bias tape turned outwards throughout, so it looked very poorly sewn. That was due to mistake number 2. I made darts on the front and the back to fix these, but because I didn’t press it, they still stuck out.
And I wore it that way, even to work, since at the time I was too lazy to get out the ironing board.
But now I want to actually wear it, so out of the corner the ironing board comes…