Sunday, March 29, 2009

Sewing under the influence....

I had great plans to work on pattern instructions today, but my brain was all a-fog with a cold and the various remedies for said cold.

Regardless, I had to go to work to get some printing done. Too busy feeling sorry for myself to focus on anything too important, I faffed about in the studio... Among other minor faffings (??!), I made this top.


Heavily influenced by my sewing buddy's recent experiments with remarkably similar tops..... (Did I hear someone whisper "ripped-off"?) This is another wrap-it-around-and-sew job. Below is the garment in profile - centre-front is to the top of the picture, centre back to the bottom.


It's a tube of cotton-lycra jersey with a french seam joining the CB seam. The hem is a fake band - I simply folded up the hem and overlocked through to the right side of fabric. CF is slightly longer than CB on the cowl neck (this was a "hacked off" afterthought). The armholes are bound with the same fabric (gotta love a bias tape maker!) and the cowl neck is left raw and allowed to roll as jersey naturally does.

The only necessary pattern piece....
...was a rough armhole "heavily borrowed from" my sewing buddy's version of a very similar design. (I'm not so clever - I just hang out with the right people!!).

Oh - I also fixed the waistline of the skirt I made the other day. I cut off the waistband and hacked out a curve (any old curve) on the waist. Then I sewed another waistband on. Whaddya think? It worked a treat - NO WRINKLES NOW!

15 comments:

  1. It's great! I love that kind of tops and skirts.
    You make things to seem simple...and my sewing machine has the basic - one foot and zig-zag:(
    xx

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  2. what a great top...love the cut and just sew technique...fabulous...

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  3. Nice work Nikki! You just couldn't resist, could you. Looks great, and thanks for sharing the pattern. Shall be making one myself, methinks!

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  4. Simple and clever=looks great on you:)

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  5. Annie and I have been working on a few similar weird wrap and hack designs over the weekend.
    Yours is fantastic!!!
    Ours??? not so much but we're geting there.

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  6. Lovely! How do you make it look simple and great at the same time? Very impressed, here.

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  7. I have just three words for you. Bias. Tape. Maker. !!!!!!!

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  8. wow - I love it, just the sort of top I am planning on making when I venture into the jersey world :)

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  9. That top is awesome! I LOVE the neckline.

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  10. It's gorgeous Nikki. Looks really stylish.

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xxx Nikki