Category Archives: Blouses
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Susan Sews a Gauzy-Pink Calypso Blouse…Its a Lutterloh Pattern Hack
Susan Hacks a Gauzy-Pink Calypso Blous I have always loved the look of a blouse or shirt tied at the waist. There is a Harry Belafonte album cover that my sister had waaay back in the late 50s. Bursting from the cover was Harry Belafonte in a white shirt unbuttoned all the way down…
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Solved! Mystery of the Disappeared Lutterloh Pattern
Mystery of the Disappeared Lutterloh Blouse Pattern solved! Susan Klindienst Fogel See this blouse. It was something that I made last year. There wasn’t enough fabric to do the facings and the wrong side of the ties in the gauze. I used a fine linen from fabric-store. The two fabrics just would not play nicely…
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Susan Goes Bananas for Yellow Tops and Skirts
Yellow bird, up high in banana tree… I love yellow! I always have. I went through my “mod orange” stage as my mother dubbed it. I have always worn lots of purple, fuchsia and turquoise. They are gorgeous rich colors. But I LOVE YELLOW. I always wanted to live in a yellow house. And this…
Susan Sews Another Lutterloh Blouse in Chambray with a BIG Surprise!
Once last century when we were still in the Old Country, My Beloved was hanging some of my blouses. He said, “You are certainly the Denim Queen.” I was puzzled by these words. So I took a look in my closet. I had a chambray colored Nautica shirt, a denim Faconable shirt and an unknown…
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Baja Susana! Handmade in Mexico…And Notes from Christmas Past!
Okay, I know, I have not been posting here. BUT! I have been sewing. Before I tell you about what I have been doing. Let me catch you up a little on my life. On April 27th I had my third and most successful corneal transplant. My vision has returned and is improving daily. do…
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Susan Sews a Light as a Feather 1980s Lutterloh Blouse
Summer is upon us,and that means wear as little clothing as possible. I have had this lovely crocheted lace in my stash for years. I have made a blouse entirely out of the lace. I still have it, but it is 100% see-through. I have also had this dotted cotton just as long. What lovely…
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Susan Sews a Lovely, Linen, Lutterloh Blouse
Yellow, I love the color. My new house is yellow. I have always wanted to live in a yellow house. This is the first house that lends itself to that color. My guest bedroom is yellow with a yellow coverlet. And last week I made this lovely, soft, butter-yellow linen blouse. It is a basic…
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Susan Sews a Polka Dot Chambray Blouse , A Lekala Pattern
Is it a blouse or is it a shirt? Since it it chambray, I tend to say shirt, even when I am making a blouse. What’s the difference? Well for one, a blouse is usually a garment for girls and women. A shirt originally designed for men, is a style worn by women and girls…
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Print Mixing Gone Zebra. Another Lutterloh Blouse
Here she goes again! Blouse number three from the same pattern! And why not? I like this blouse pattern very much. It fits, and it has shape. By having a button band/placket, a collar and collar stand and sleeves with cuffs it offers lots of opportunities for mixing prints and colors. something I love to…
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100 Days Project, Lutterloh,Up-cycling and Me!
Forty one days into the 100 Days Project, I am loving it. And friends and family are watching me, commenting and telling me that they are having a good time. My friend Kass, that I mentioned in another post said she has never enjoyed sewing as much as she has while following me…