how is a wrap blouse fastened?

Hi everyone,

can someone tell me how the "under layer" of a wrap shirt stays in place? I remember skirts just have a tie that you wrap around yourself and tie up. is it the same with shirts, or are they buttoned into the side seam or something? I can draft the pieces or alter a pattern I have easily, but don't know how to fasten it.

It would be so much easier to go out and get a pattern, but I have no vehicle of my own for another week or two.....and with that black satin being the only fabric I have left.......I can't wait so long!!!!! DH's shirt (original purpose of that fabric) can always wait another year.......lol!

TIA

Michelle Giordano stuck at home and missing the fabric store!

I think the button and loop on the inside would be much more comfortable than having a string across your back. Now that I know it has worked in the past I am going to do that. I think I could just put one tie on the front wrap section and the other tie in the side seam.

Thanks Kate, you're great help!

Michelle Giordano

Hi Michelle, I have made one (a New Look pattern) that had a button and loop and it was a royal pain in the &%¤%¤"¤/&. I would sew a short piece of seam binding into the side seam and a corresponding piece to the side of the blouse that doesn't show. The outside fastener can be decorative (ie. the other side of the blouse).

Good luck p.s. you can make DH a cotton shirt when you get time...

Kirsten Sollie

The ones I've made/worn have all had a small tie as Kirsten said. I've never seen one with a button/loop or the string going all the way round the body. Emily

I was worried about the under layer slipping down and showing. I don't think I would like the look of that, thats why I asked how to make things stay in place. I am scatterbrained enough already, no need to look it lol!!!

Michelle Giordano

I have two patterns that are both the same. There is an opening in the left side seam at the waist. The ties are just extensions of the front pieces. They just taper down from the front. One tie stays on the outside of the blouse and wraps around the waist. The other passes through the opening in the side seam to wrap around and meet the other.

Does that make sense?

It's really a whole lot more comfortable than it sounds. And the added benefit is that I remember to sit up straight. ;)

Sharon

Toupee tape (Jennifer Lopez at whatever it was a few years back; you KNOW which outfit!)

I always end up adding a button or velcro or even a safety pin at the critical juncture.

HTH

--Karen M.

I remember the dress. Who could forget?

I was thinking of wearing a nice camisole (sp?) underneath. people wear those as shirts anyways, so it would look neat. come to think of it.....I need a camisole pattern.....good thing you reminded me!

The blouse is almost finished, I will have to take a pic and show you all, after all my babling on about that satin, I think you deserve at least a pic!

Michelle Giordano

In article , dnmgiordano of Shaw Residential Internet uttered

I had a wrap-over blouse in the 70s (looked smashing with those high-waisted oxford bags, platform clogs ...)

It had a sort of waistband, and where the wrapped sides ended, it fastened with buttons ... I wish I still had the pattern ... but I do remember putting a tiny little transparent popper on the bands where they crossed at cleavage-level.

I also had a wrapover cardigan (like the balet ones) that tied at the back - the sash on the "underneath" side passed through a slot in the waistband, just at the side.

Anxious awaiting! Emily