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gaping blouse meme 07-27-2005
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Posted by meme on July 27, 2005, 5:34 am
Sorry if this thread has been cover before.

Is there a tip anyone has for sewing blouses or altering bought ones, so
that the front button area doesn't 'spread'. I am sick of safety pins in
between the buttons/buttonholes to keep the blouse shut.

This has put me off sewing anything with buttons down the front.

Thanks for any input

cb




Posted by Kate Dicey on July 27, 2005, 5:54 am
meme wrote:
> Sorry if this thread has been cover before.
>
> Is there a tip anyone has for sewing blouses or altering bought ones, so
> that the front button area doesn't 'spread'. I am sick of safety pins in
> between the buttons/buttonholes to keep the blouse shut.
>
> This has put me off sewing anything with buttons down the front.
>
> Thanks for any input
>
> cb
>
>
>
1: Make it bigger: the gapiosis is usually because the garment is too
small in that area. If you are larger than a B cup, you need to do a
'large bust alteration' to the front pattern pieces.

2: Sew the buttons and buttonholes closer together.

3: Use larger buttons. Sometimes blouses are closed with tiny buttons
that are not big enough for the job. Especially true of cheap factory
made items.

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Posted by Kay Lancaster on July 27, 2005, 5:42 pm
> Sorry if this thread has been cover before.
>
> Is there a tip anyone has for sewing blouses or altering bought ones, so
> that the front button area doesn't 'spread'. I am sick of safety pins in
> between the buttons/buttonholes to keep the blouse shut.

Do you need a bust adjustment to your pattern (most are cut for B cups)?
See also button respacing here:
http://cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_c/C-231.html
http://rcw.raiuniversity.edu/fashion/BAfashion-mktg/
Techniq-Process-Fashion/lecture-notes/Lp06-L1-Fastening-1.pdf


Posted by meme on July 27, 2005, 11:02 pm
Thank you Kate and Kay for your suggestions. These tips are something I
hadn't thought of. Thank you so much. I have a bit more confidence now, and
can't wait till summer comes around (we are in mid winter :-( ) so I can
try my new buttonhole bit on my new sewing machine.

What a great group.

cb


"Kay Lancaster" wrote in message
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:34:25 +1000, meme wrote:
> > Sorry if this thread has been cover before.
> >
> > Is there a tip anyone has for sewing blouses or altering bought ones, so
> > that the front button area doesn't 'spread'. I am sick of safety pins in
> > between the buttons/buttonholes to keep the blouse shut.
>
> Do you need a bust adjustment to your pattern (most are cut for B cups)?
> See also button respacing here:
> http://cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_c/C-231.html
> http://rcw.raiuniversity.edu/fashion/BAfashion-mktg/
> Techniq-Process-Fashion/lecture-notes/Lp06-L1-Fastening-1.pdf
>



Posted by Kate Dicey on July 28, 2005, 4:02 am
meme wrote:

> Thank you Kate and Kay for your suggestions. These tips are something I
> hadn't thought of. Thank you so much. I have a bit more confidence now, and
> can't wait till summer comes around (we are in mid winter :-( ) so I can
> try my new buttonhole bit on my new sewing machine.
>
> What a great group.
>
> cb

Being an F cup, the large bust adjustment is one of the *first* things
to occur to me! I also used to have to do another one for fat arms... :(

One button spacing idea that I like is grouped buttons: place two or
three close together, and then make a longer gap between the groups! I
also always space buttons so that the top one is correct, and the one at
the centre of the bust is correct.

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

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