A while ago I bought a duvet cover from a second hand shop in Norway. It was a child's duvet cover, so obviously it was too small to be of any practical use to me, but I really liked the pattern so I decided to buy it anyway. I don't own many pieces of fabric large enough to make clothes from, so I decided straight away that I would turn the duvet cover into a piece of clothing for myself.
I didn't have any precise ideas in mind, but I knew I'd better start off with something simple, seeing as my experience with clothes making is limited to one dress and one top. Luckily, it only took a bit of
searching on Pinterest to find a pattern that I liked and that didn't look too complicated to pull off:
There was only one problem - the website didn't offer pattern print outs. I did, however, have the measurements, so I decided to draw the pattern myself. After a good half hour spent crawling around on the floor with a roll of paper, a pencil and a measuring board, I had created a pattern of sorts! The website where I found the measurements didn't mention anything about size either (was it a baggy S? A small L? I had no idea), so I figured I'd just have to adapt the top as I put it all together.
It took me about 7-8 hours to finish the top (including several tea breaks, plenty of re-doing and quite a bit of head scratching) and I must admit I'm really happy with how it turned out! The biggest problem I encountered underway was when I realised (after having sewn all the pieces together) that the bottom of the sleeves were far too tight to fit me, so I simply chopped 10 cm off each one and and sew them up by hand. Also, the fabric was darn difficult to work with because it kept moving all the time, but there's nothing that cannot be fixed with a few pins!
I love the idea of being able to make my own clothes, and I'll definitely venture into the world of clothes making again in the future - I just need to get my hands on some more fabric first!
