It’s a wrap

I’ve been very productive this week and finished another  kwik sew blouse.  I then needed something to wear the blouse with, so I flipped through my patterns and found McCall’s 5430, which is a wrap skirt with a few different options.  I liked option A, which has a cascade, but the ties would be bulgy under my blouse, which is made to wear as an overblouse, not tucked in.  But on closer examination, I found that it would be a cinch to eliminate the ties and have a double button closure.  I didn’t fit the tissue or make a muslin, although in retrospect, if I had taken a few minutes to tissue fit, I would have had a better fit in the back (I was able to compensate somewhat during sewing by letting out the back skirt where it attaches to the contour waistband–at least my hem is even now.    Aside from eliminating the ties, the only change to the pattern I made was to make a rolled hem with my serger instead of a regular hem.  I used a dark brown thread for the rolled hem to co-ordinate with this blouse and with the blouse I sewed for the vintage sewing contest.  It was a very quick project–after making two button up blouses, it was nice to crank a project out.