Tunic 108 BWOF 07/2008 Finished!

It's finished!

And I'm very happy with the result.

As I already had mentioned, I had to open on the side seams so that it wouldn't press my hip. I think that the lenght went ok also. If I like, I can wear it over my bikini when I go to the beach.

If you click on the image above, you can see the detail of the beading. Some were lost on the way, as they were too close to the sewing seams. The needle got stuck. But most of it stayed.

And this is the detail of the armholes and the open side seams. I stitched with red thread. I put red thread on the bobin to give the out look.
I enjoyed a lot. But I don't know if I'll do it again. The neckline part was a bit confusing and hardworking.
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I would like to thank ANA who send me the spanish instructions and that helped me a lot!
And also I would like to thank Geri that in her blog Sewable did the same dress of this tunic and with her instructions, I managed to do the finishes of the tunic.

The tunic is almost finished

Today I sewed the hem. There is only missing the arms and the inside lining.

But I'm being happy with it. Except that on a side view it looks that I'm pregnant.

Who know what the future will bring. It's part of my plans...

I had to do open on the side, as my hip is wide.

I believe that in the next days I'll finish it.

Beading

I decided to do tunic 108 of BWOF 07/2008.

It is being a very slow process, as I am with some doubts and I really want this to work out. The isntructions come in french, which doesn't help. Since university that I don't speak french (about 10 years ago...).
The advantage that I have is that this model is similar to the one I did few moths ago. I decided to start little by little, and I had an idea to embelish the tunic. To place red beads in the red parts of the fabric. I started yesterday and finished today. I decided that I'm going to place them only in the upper part of the front piece.

It is like this.

The inside parte is like this. I knoted the threads so that the beads don't fall.

And I iron the interfacing in the inside.
I'm not sure if I'll finish it during this week-end. But I hope give a good ahead.

With no rush. It will be only to wear next Summer...

Next Project - Doubt

Now that I have finished the pyjama do Burda Style, I decided to take a break from the models of Burda Style and start doing some of the magazines that I have.

Even yesterday my husband was asking: "So, what are you going to do next?"

There was when the doubt came. Yesterday morning I was taking the patterns from 2 models, onde from Patrones and one from BWOF.

But I still don't know which one I'll do first.

The first one is tunic 108-BWOF 07/2008. I loved the model, I loved the pattern. Simple, but very pretty. I was going to do it without the pockets. I think it's early to do anything with pockets.

The chosen fabric is this one.

The other model I chose is the blouse Kookai from the magazine Patrones-07/2008. In the picture you don't see, but it's the blouse underneath the corset. While I was seeing the magazine, I didn't even noticed it. I only saw it when I was checking all the technical drawings, and I saw that it was very simple to do.

The chosen fabric is the same "english embroidery" one that I used to do the top of the pijama. I love this fabric and I think it will be lovely in this blouse.

Now I only have to decide which one I will do first...