You Can't Win 'em All.

Sewing for teenagers is tricky.
 Sewing for Elsa is always hard.
Out of all my children, I have the most sewing fails with her. We are both trying hard to keep communication open and work together.

She is always polite, it just doesn't get worn.
I have been there.

After a few sewing no-wears I tend to only sew things Zara will wear as a default.

But this backfired this time.

It wasn't the Twins turn but was their 16th birthday so they got to choose a piece to have sewn.
Elsa wanted this pattern. 

The peplum top, to be made in a shifty fine silk charmeuse.

She requested the peplum so to be higher waisted so I used the petite lines to shorten the body length.
Her measurements didn't really work with the sizes.......

So, I made a muslin.

I use calico to make muslins and put my seams on the out side for easier alteration.

I was pretty happy with the fit.
Elsa wanted it tighter.

Like this!

Which looked great but I had doubts about a flimsy satin.
We discussed it, I made suggestions, she considered them but we were really not getting any where.
Then Zara offered up her black neoprene.

Win, it looked amazing, sewed up like a dream, was perfect.

No, she doesn't like it.
I was gutted but to be fair, it wasn't what she really wanted.

Zara quite likes it, so she may wear it.....

I think it looks beautiful.

Oh well.

The nitty gritty kitty.

I like this pattern, it went together well and had good instructions. It was a nice sew and the neoprene made up nicely. I did use an invisible zipper instead of a regular but otherwise stuck pretty much to the pattern.

I would happily make this again, if anyone wants it, Le sigh.....

xx N