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| Sencha blouse and patterned skirt hitting the city! |
Last weekend I visited my sister in Chicago and gave her a beautiful Colette Sencha blouse. Originally I made her a Sencha blouse for Christmas, but forgot to adjust the pattern to her 6'1" frame. I kept the original blouse, shown in my
Handmade Christmas post, and gave her a much prettier one.
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| She must be saying, "This is my favorite shirt ever!" |
Another motive for visiting was going to Lollapalooza. My sister and I are both HUGE Jack White fans, and this was my first time seeing him in concert. He was amazing! I wore my
Ode to Sewing shorts to the concert.
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| The amazing Jack White |
Now back to the shirt... I bought some beautiful silky cotton at Home Ec. and I put white pearly buttons up the back. This time I made the shirt 4 inches longer and it fit perfectly.
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| White buttons up the back |
We decided to do a photo shoot at the Chicago Art Institute. They have an amazing Roy Lichtenstein exhibit up. If you're not familiar, he is a really famous pop artist. Now for more photos!
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| Waiting outside the Art Institute |
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| My favorite Lichtenstein at the show! |
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| POP! |
The Art Institute has an amazing collection, so after the Lichtenstein exhibit we tried to see as much as we could before closing time.
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| Monet! |
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| Seurat! |
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| Picasso! |
Next on my sewing table....
Up next is a Colette Negroni shirt for Josh. He has been waiting patiently while I work through all my other projects. It's an intermediate pattern, so this is going to be interesting!
Cute Sencha! I can't wait to see your Negroni - I have been wanting to make one for awhile but the man in my life doesn't reall like button up shirts unless he is forced- lol!
ReplyDeleteYou should make a really casual one for him. I'm making a cowboy-style Negroni!
ReplyDeleteNICE work on that shirt! Nothing like a simple scallop pattern. Fits that sis of yours perfectly.
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