Fresh from the UFO pile, I bring you Vogue 1020, a knit wardrobe pattern where I made the top. It is gathered on the left side, has three quarter length sleeves, and in the pattern also has an option for a dress length.
Apologies for the crummy pictures but thunderstorms stole all of my daylight, of which there has been precious little this week
I cut out this top five years ago, I think. I remember messing with it, getting upset with the gathering, chucking it in a closet, and finding it only when I was unpacking a moving box. It’s a front, back, and two sleeves, and all of the pieces were together, but the one side was still open and I had no idea how I was going to finish this up as I still hadn’t unpacked my coverstitch machine. The fabric choice for this was unfortunate. I think it’s from Jo-Ann’s, but I don’t remember if I bought it or my mom. It’s pretty beefy for a jersey, and it sewed up fine. However, the print obscures the lines of the design, and honestly, I’m just not loving it. It’s fun, but I feel like the print is wearing me rather than the other way around. Also, I’m not really drawn to yellow or bronze tones these days, so I can already tell that its days in my closet are numbered.
The back piece is also gathered into the left side seam, not that you can tell in this print. The hem does sort of fall on that side too, alas
That’s a bit tragic because I like the lines of this and think that it would be really nice in a solid color. The only drawback to the pattern is the gathering is controlled by some sort of stay for the left side as both front and back are gathered, and finding something I liked for that was harder than I would have liked. I used clear elastic this time, and it’s a bit too bulky and it is a total pain to sew with. That’s an understatement. I hate clear elastic all the time, but gathering with clear elastic was a nightmare. Still I think I want to make this again in a hefty knit for winter. I need to take out more length just above the waist, but all in all, not a terrible fit.
All of the edges including the neckline are turned under and hem stitched. Getting my coverstitch to behave for the first time in months was an interesting challenge as the looper thread tension was a mess, but once I fixed that via the third rethreading, hemming was a breeze. So all of the sewing machines have made it back onto the sewing table, and I need to get cracking on some new projects.
Seams Like Work 