{"id":77201,"date":"2021-05-24T07:36:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T11:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=77201"},"modified":"2021-05-24T07:23:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T11:23:46","slug":"debbies-knit-tween-gelato-blouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2021\/05\/debbies-knit-tween-gelato-blouse.html","title":{"rendered":"debbie’s knit tween gelato blouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Debbie<\/a> has been on a journey customizing the Gelato Blouse + Dress<\/a> pattern for her granddaughter. She’s back with a knit version of the blouse.<\/em><\/p>\n

A few months ago, I made a cute Gelato Dress for my granddaughter.<\/a> It turned out so cute. I\u2019m so glad I\u2019m learning how to modify a pattern for a custom fit. I\u2019m back again this month with another variation on the pattern. I made the Gelato Blouse with a few changes.<\/p>\n

\"Debbie<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Since I made a couple of muslins for the dress, I was able to skip that step and use the original fit adjustments. I did keep the sway back adjustment when making the blouse. My granddaughter loves to wear tunic tops with leggings, so I lengthened the top by 3″ (the dress was shortened by 9″). Since I have a new serger and love working with knit, I decided to style the blouse like the dress (no button placket) and to use knit fabric instead of woven.<\/p>\n

\"Debbie<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

I used a lightweight jersey knit from Girl Charlee that didn\u2019t have a lot of stretch, but it turned out to be\u00a0perfect for this blouse. I did spend some time agonizing over the neckline. I still consider myself a\u00a0novice when sewing with knits, and I worried about which stitch to use for topstitching the neckline.\u00a0I knew it needed a little stretch, but the stretch stitch on my machine isn\u2019t that pretty for\u00a0topstitching. Finally it hit me: My new serger has a wonderful coverstitch! I was able to use the\u00a0coverstitch for the neckline and it looked great.<\/p>\n

I also took advantage of another serger shortcut. Since I used a lightweight jersey knit, I decided to\u00a0experiment with a rolled hem. I think the stitch still needs a little tweaking, but it was perfect for the\u00a0ruffle hem.<\/p>\n

\"Debbie<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

My granddaughter loves this top and I plan to make several more. I may do one with the short sleeves\u00a0from the dress, but she does love the ruffle sleeves. It is difficult to catch her for fittings, and I didn\u2019t\u00a0think about the longer sleeve length needing to be adjusted. She is on the short side for size 4, and I\u00a0think the sleeve length could be shortened an inch or two. I\u2019ll make that adjustment on the next blouse.\u00a0This is a great pattern, and I am thinking of more variations in the future. Maybe a knit nightshirt!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Debbie used the Gelato Blouse pattern to make a knit tunic for her granddaughter. She’s got the details in this post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6023,"featured_media":77206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20808],"class_list":["post-77201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-gelato"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Debbie-gelato-hero.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-k5b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69193,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2019\/04\/introducing-the-liesl-co-gelato-blouse-dress-sewing-pattern.html","url_meta":{"origin":77201,"position":0},"title":"introducing the liesl + co. gelato blouse + dress sewing pattern","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"April 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Introducing the new Liesl + Co. 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