eyelet bolero

yea for actually making something on my list!


I was in desperate need for a cream or white bolero after I worn my other one out completely.

I used the bolero pattern from newlook 6675. (I want to make the dress from this pattern too, and may have fabric for it, maybe if there is enough of it. its in my stash so I need to measure it.) using fabric left over from the dress I made my niece last year for her birthday. it was an odd shape and not a very big piece maybe 1/2 a yard, but I saved it anyway thinking hey maybe I can make something out of it. I wish I had taken a picture of the way I laid out my pattern because I had to do it three times before I finally was able to manipulate it into cooperation. I nearly gave up it was so tight but in the end I made it fit, and miraculously it was all on grain. one of the ways I was able to save on fabric was to make smaller seam allowances so I was able to go a size smaller then I normally would making the pattern just fit. I did make an alteration to the pattern of omitting the cuffs on the sleeves as I didn’t have enough fabric, and I didn’t face the two front pieces. being an eyelet fabric I didn’t want to cover the holes as they are such a part of the design.

I ended up drafting my own facing piece for the neck as I saw no other way to finish it, but for the rest of the bolero I sewed a piece of bias strip around it to finish it off, then blind stitched it in place. for a bit of decoration I added two little bows on the sleeves.




definitely a piece that will get a lot of wear once the weather warms a bit.