Lapis Lazuli

My mum’s started painting again (and by that I mean the artistic kind of painting not the house kind) and looking at all her makes (on Google+!) inspired me to get the old brushes dusted off and slopping. Also, I recently bought a sh*tload of Pebeo from dickblick and the time had come to utilise it.

Pattern: Vogue 1046 American Designer Anna Sui, from Karen’s Pattern Pyramid

Supplies: Sapphire blue Modal Jersey, Gutterman Thread, Pebeo Opaque and Metallic fabric paints, Artist’s Choice brushes Nos. 1 & 6 (fan) hog hair and Windsor and Newton No. 0 (Cotman) paint brushes.

Pattern Modifications: Numerous!

Didn’t bother to read the instructions.
Shortened front yoke (now it’s reversible-BettyDraperBiznezBITCH!), shortened front and back ‘skirt’ at waist and at hips.
Substituted central box pleats and lateral knife pleats for the gathers below the yoke.
Used knit fabric instead of woven
Cut the front yoke on the straight (not on the cross-it’ll stretch!) fold instead of on the bias.
Cut the back yolk on the (straight) fold also.
Used 0.5 cm wide transparent lingerie elastic to shore up the shoulder seams (this is a must – I consider it a pre-requisite for all knit wear but especially so for a garment like this where the shoulder seams support 3x the usual amount of fabric weight). Omit this step if you like the off-shoulder look enough to risk accidental wardrobe malfunction.