Argh, Interfacing!!!

Sooooooooo....this happened on my current "vintage" make:

I was *THIS* close to finishing a #VintagePledge sewing project, but progress came to a screeching halt when I basted on the bow and discovered I looked like I was auditioning for the circus.

Seriously, my bow looks NOTHING like the one on the envelope.

The fabric is a voile and I was so hesitant to interface the bow, as is instructed in the pattern. But I found an "ultra lightweight interfacing" made by Pellon that I had in my stash. It felt very lightweight with a good amount of drape so I went ahead and fused that bitch onto my beautiful voile, knowing full well that I didn't have enough leftover fabric to redo it if it turned out shitty.

Well, it turned out shitty and now I'm stuck doing this:

yep, I'm scraping the interfacing off the bow ever so delicately. I've gone through a fantastic episode of Parenthood and a gawd-awful episode of Grey's Anatomy and I'm still maybe only halfway there. I could go back to the fabric store and purchase a quarter yard, but I'm feeling cheap and I don't even know whether I'll like the blouse with a looser bow.

So, lesson learned. Use a high quality lightweight interfacing for delicate fabrics or none at all. Oh, and I should remember to read other sewing bloggers' makes; I forgot that Handmade Jane made this blouse last fall and I just re-read her post and she left out the interfacing......I would have saved myself hours if I had just taken a minute or two to hop on over to her blog. *sigh* I'll finish this blouse eventually...

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