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KnipMode 07/2008 - 18 Blouse

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The plan was to make a skirt but when I laid my eyes on this pattern while flickering through some older magazines, I just couldn't resist. I had the perfect fabric for this in my stash with a perfect (sort of) African print that's so hot right now. The fabric is superthin which is required for this pattern as there is a lot of draping going on in the front. Let me show you the line-drawing to make this clear: The collar is a rectangular piece, or actually 2, sewn together at the back of the neck, It looks like it's folded to the inside but that's not the instruction. So you have the complete width of the rectangular to work with. (I actually made it less wide as I didn't want too much of fabric in the front but there's still enough to drape and look like it's supposed to look. This was sewn in no time. And it's really a very simple pattern.  If you would consider making this blouse I really recommend to use a thin fabric and choose the width of th