Colette Meringue and Taffy
These have been some of my earliest projects, but they've never seen the light of day. I'm a bit of a completionist, so although my size and style choices have changed, I was determined to finished all of the Colette Sewing Book patterns. The Meringue skirt I finished back in 2013, while the Taffy blouse was started in 2014 and then finally picked back up/completed in 2015. The skirt is made from a pinwale corduroy that was originally bought for one of the boyfriend's costume vests. I had enough leftovers for a skirt so I figured, why not? After sewing my muslin, I decided I didn't like the depth of the scallops. Which I found odd since I liked the pictures of Meringue in the book. Finally figured it was because the scallops were a lot more stretched out horizontally on the bigger sizes than the smaller ones. I guess it's hard to make sure the details scale up with the sizing. Rather than make them deeper, I decided to incr...