Another new style for me… The fabric is a bamboo jersey that I think works pretty well for this design – very soft and drapey. I would have guessed that I wouldn’t have liked all that fabric between my arms and my body, but I didn’t really notice it. Before cutting the fabric, I added 2” in length to the sleeves and 1.5” in length to the bodice front and back. While putting the top together, the only sizing change I made was to decrease the circumference of the cuffs by 1.5”. They were much too big for my wrists and slid down over my hands, looking very sloppy. I wasn’t all that impressed with the neckline of the top. I bound it instead of applying a neckband like the pattern suggests, but I’m still not very excited about how it sits on me. It shifts around and I feel like I need to readjust it too much. When I wore it with a scarf, it didn’t bother me. The skirt in the picture at the top is also a recent make, but I’ll have more to say about that later.
A show-and-tell blog for my sewing (with a little knitting mixed in)