Det her er Little Betty & Wilma. Little Betty er vores nye australske veninde og designet af søde Suz med bloggen Sewpony.
Egentlig er Betty en top, men jeg har her forlænget hende lidt og tryllet hende til en kjole. Om Betty mønstret skriver Suz at 'Little Betty er en 70er inspireret jersey bluse med 3 forskellige looks. Lange ærmer, korte ærmer eller ærmeløs. Den har et bredt ribstykke ved taljen og fine flæser over bærestykket. Blusen knappes i nakken'.
Nu har Little Betty så fået endnu et look. 3/4 ærmer, kjolelængde og ingen nakke-knap. Nakkeknapper og viltert hår er nemlig ikke vores favorit kombo.
For at lave halsudskæringen en smule dybere/større, så kjolen kan trækkes over hovedet, har jeg måttet flytte flæserne en smule længere ud mod skulderen, end det oprindelige mønster angiver. Sådan ca. +1 cm. Og ja, flæserne syes uden på bærestykket og altså ikke i en sammensyning.
Wilmas kjole er syet efter str. 8 år - og den passer hende perfekt.
Syet af grå vinterjersey fra Stofdepotet.
....det var så først da jeg skulle knipse billeder af kjolen bagfra, at jeg finder ud af, at vi har vendt den forkert!! Muahahaha. Det er altså ikke fordi, jeg har lavet udskæringen dybere bag på!
Little Betty er helt klart en vinder - og hun kan erhverves som pdf-mønster lige her. Der medfølger en flot gennemarbejdet og illustreret vejledning!
Meet Little Betty and Wilma. Little Betty is our new Australien friend designed by the talented Suz/Sewpony and I'm proud to be invited on the Little Betty Top Tour.
The Little Betty is originally a top but I've turned her a little dress which was very easily done. This is what Suz writes about the pattern:
The Little Betty top is a 1970's inspired knit design that has three views: Long sleeved, short sleeved and sleeveless. It features wide banding and a gathered frill over the bodice. It closes with a button and loop closure at the centre back.
The 25 page PDF file is priced at $8 AUD and includes:
- Sizses from 6 months to 8 years
- Annotated and clear photographs for each step
- Seam allowances included
- All measurements in imperial and metric
- Measurement charts
- Fabric requirements and recommendations
- Tips for sewing with knits
- Colour coded easy to assemble pattern pieces
As stated above I turned little Betty into a dress with a bit narrower 3/4 sleeves. I also omitted the centre back closure and made Wilma a pull over version. To do that I moved the frills 1,3 cm towards the shoulders and widened the neck opening a bit. That's it.
And, it wasn't until I shot the photos of the back I realized that Wilma was wearing the dress backwards hence the little deeper back neck opening ;-)! On the two last photos she's wearing the dress as it's supposed to be worn!
Thank you so much for inviting me, Suz. We adore this pattern. (Even the teen sister thinks the dress is cool....on Wilma ;-)
Hop on over to Sewpony and take a look at all the other adorable Little Bettys
