5 years ago
Here is my latest make for Minerva Makers. I received this fab Navy and white jersey it went straight in the was and on boxing day I made up my project. After the long and involved project that was my winter coat, I knew that this one needed to be a quick make. I’ve had a few items recently that haven’t gone so well. I think I’m tired and have made a silly error or not taken the time to adjust the pattern correctly so this needed to be foolproof.
This fabric has a good weight, it’s drapey without being thin and has a good handle. It’s not prone to creasing has good stretch and recovery. I have a few scraps of this fabric leftover and I think they will make underwear. It’s perfect for those patterns that require a good amount of stretch. Tank tops, vests, t-shirts, underwear etc.
I love a good long-sleeved t-shirt top in the winter and surprisingly I don’t have very many in my wardrobe. I have some ¾ length sleeves, but they don’t really cut it on a super cold day. I decided to make the Asymmetric draped top from the January 2014 Burdastyle Magazine. Now if you’ve ever sewn a Burdastyle magazine pattern you will know that their instructions are somewhat brief and not for the fainthearted. However, this is one of those rare patterns that has fully illustrated instructions included in the magazine. These are clear and easy to follow.
The pattern is quite simple and I knew that I wanted to make this up in a striped fabric just like the example in the magazine. I have made this before, probably when it first came out. I made it in a lightweight poly jersey in grey. This still gets lots of wear (in fact right now as I type this).
The pattern pieces look super odd, but there are only three of them. Front, back and sleeves. Each piece is cut from a single layer of fabric, with the exception of the sleeves, but seeing as I had my fabric in one layer I cut it that way too. As there are so many gathers I didn’t really try to match the stripes except on the hem. However, I think some of the pattern matching works quite well.
The pattern calls for clear elastic for the hip gathers and fusible stay tape for the raglan sleeve seams, It’s really important to stabilise these seams to prevent them from stretching out over time. I had some knit interfacing in my stash, so I just cut strips of that for the sleeves. I personally don’t like clear elastic, but I had a length of elastic leftover from mask making, so I used that for the hip gathers and it worked perfectly.
The sleeves on this pattern are intentionally super long, you could add thumb holes if you wanted. I just used my original adapted pattern pieces, which I’d made a tad shorter, you can see they are still quite long though.
I used both my regular sewing machine and overlocker for the construction of this. All the seams are sewn with a narrow zigzag and then overlocked. I used a brand new stretch twin needle for finishing the neckband and the hems. It’s quite a narrow one and very fine. I did end up breaking it on the very next project so it was quite an expensive error. I’ll buy a heavier weight one next time.
This was a quick make, even for someone who takes their time. Granted I did already have the pattern traced out and knew that I didn’t need to make any alterations.
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This fabric has a good weight, it’s drapey without being thin and has a good handle. It’s not prone to creasing has good stretch and recovery. I have a few scraps of this fabric leftover and I think they will make underwear. It’s perfect for those patterns that require a good amount of stretch. Tank tops, vests, t-shirts, underwear etc.
I love a good long-sleeved t-shirt top in the winter and surprisingly I don’t have very many in my wardrobe. I have some ¾ length sleeves, but they don’t really cut it on a super cold day. I decided to make the Asymmetric draped top from the January 2014 Burdastyle Magazine. Now if you’ve ever sewn a Burdastyle magazine pattern you will know that their instructions are somewhat brief and not for the fainthearted. However, this is one of those rare patterns that has fully illustrated instructions included in the magazine. These are clear and easy to follow.
The pattern is quite simple and I knew that I wanted to make this up in a striped fabric just like the example in the magazine. I have made this before, probably when it first came out. I made it in a lightweight poly jersey in grey. This still gets lots of wear (in fact right now as I type this).
The pattern pieces look super odd, but there are only three of them. Front, back and sleeves. Each piece is cut from a single layer of fabric, with the exception of the sleeves, but seeing as I had my fabric in one layer I cut it that way too. As there are so many gathers I didn’t really try to match the stripes except on the hem. However, I think some of the pattern matching works quite well.
The pattern calls for clear elastic for the hip gathers and fusible stay tape for the raglan sleeve seams, It’s really important to stabilise these seams to prevent them from stretching out over time. I had some knit interfacing in my stash, so I just cut strips of that for the sleeves. I personally don’t like clear elastic, but I had a length of elastic leftover from mask making, so I used that for the hip gathers and it worked perfectly.
The sleeves on this pattern are intentionally super long, you could add thumb holes if you wanted. I just used my original adapted pattern pieces, which I’d made a tad shorter, you can see they are still quite long though.
I used both my regular sewing machine and overlocker for the construction of this. All the seams are sewn with a narrow zigzag and then overlocked. I used a brand new stretch twin needle for finishing the neckband and the hems. It’s quite a narrow one and very fine. I did end up breaking it on the very next project so it was quite an expensive error. I’ll buy a heavier weight one next time.
This was a quick make, even for someone who takes their time. Granted I did already have the pattern traced out and knew that I didn’t need to make any alterations.
#minervamakers #minervamakes #sewingjersey #stripematching #burdastylemagazine #longsleevetshirt #asymmetricdrapedtop #gathers #sewingknits #stretchsewing #sewingwithatwinneedle #christmassewing #quickmake #fastsewing #memadeeveryday #imakemyownclothes #sewingformentalhealth