Japanese Stylish Dress Book – “Pattern B” Smock Blouse with Garibaldi Sleeves & Purple Cowl
A smock blouse with garibaldi sleeves pattern (also know as pattern B from Yoshiko Tsukiori’s “Style Dress Book“).
Plus Let’s Just Talk from Tessuti (now sold out).
Equals… my Christmas day top for 2012.
Oh, and I quickly made-up a purple cowl on the knitting machine (as you do!).
Yarn – Bendigo Woollen Mills Classic Cones – 2 ply in Blueberry
Stitch – Stockinet
Tension – 2
Needles – L4 to R 4 (80)
Rows – 1100
I’m off to lunch now…. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.
I love garibaldi sleeves! Now I can even reflect on them properly- love this fabric/pattern combination. Merry Christmas!
Thanks prttynpnk. It’s such a comfortable top. Merry Christmas to you too.
Wow what a gorgeous vibrant colour choice!
I’m not afraid of a bit of colour! I wear yellow based reds and they can be hard to find, so when I see fabric in this colourway, particularly if it’s in my favourite voile, it’s a forgone conclusion…
I am a bit like that with blue florals – hard to find so I snap them up!
Loving it! Hope you enjoyed wearing it and that you had a great xmas.
Thanks Nikki… me too! It was a great Xmas and we had another relaxed family gathering this morning. Now to get my house back in order… (it was ignored while I sewed and machine knitted on Christmas Eve)!
Wonderful! Hope you had an equally wonderful Christmas
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I saw your review on sewing pattern review and was curious, as I have made this twice, if you made any adjustment to keep your blouse a bit more fitted in the back. I love this battery, but I have to taper the back a bit. Yours looks beautiful, but I am not sure if you made any adjustment.
Good question… and I think I folded out some excess in the neckline in two places. Japanese patterns often gape at the back neckline for me. With a little more fitting experience I find a high rounded shoulder adjustment (Fit Fir Real People) fixes this problem. I hope this helps. Good luck.