Hello again! I’ve been looking forward to sharing this project with you. I’ve been wanting to sew a project from the book Breaking the Pattern by Named. I made a few, high waisted pants last year so I’ve wanted to make some higher waisted tops to wear with them. For this project I picked the Sade blouse.

For the fabric, I picked a mustard, cotton double gauze. I liked the fabric when I saw it online but I fell in love with the color after I saw it in person. After I washed the fabric, I adored the texture of this crinkly fabric (being a more open weave). Although I’ve worked with double gauze before, the other double gauze fabrics didn’t have as much texture within the weave as this one does.

I used the standard sewing machine for most of the sewing and the serger to finish the inside seams.

Supplies;

Book, Breaking the Pattern by Named
2m, Double Cotton Gauze Fabric (reference size chart for fabric lengths needed)
1m, Atelier Brunette Moonstone Bias Binding, Blue
2m, Plain linen rustic ribbon, Beige, 8mm
2m Water dissolvable seam stabilizer
70/10 Microtex needle
Matching thread
Bodkin/Iron/Glass head sewing pins
Tracing paper/pen/french curve ruler

The styling and small details included in this book are really stunning. The way they have constructed each of the garments are fun and very unique. At first I thought I would sew the Sade blouse as written. Then, as I usually do, I thought about the construction and wearing it in my day to day life. Although the construction is beautiful as is, I questioned whether I would wear a top with sleeve ties. I also questioned if I would frequently wear a top with the open sleeve slits. It’s very cute but for my lifestyle, it’s not the most practical. I decided I would wear this top more with closed, Bishop style sleeves and with elastic gathered around the cuffs.

Continued in my next post…

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