2 years ago
Hello! I am very excited to share with you about the making the Skyline tee with a lovely blue jersey fabric from Minerva. I would call the Skyline tee a tried-and-true pattern for me. This is third version that I’ve made. There are so many variations within the pattern, I can keep going with making more options in the future as well.
The fabric was such a lovely surprise to see in person. It has a nice sheen to it and I will say, blue is a color that I enjoy wearing. The color name for this one is Jeans Blue. The stretch within the fabric is 50% Width and 60% length. That’s a key area to note for the Skyline tee, the percentage of stretch. As the pattern is a fitted design, too much or too little stretch will change the fit or the look of the design. The pattern asks for 50% vertical\horizontal stretch.
If you’re new to reading about sewing patterns, sewists will share their body dimensions and the size that they picked for the pattern. These details are super helpful to compare how much Ease the sewist decided to go for with the application of the pattern to their body (to see if you want to make the same choices for your project, or if you want to go with more or less fitting Ease). In one case, I found another sewist with my same body dimensions, which was super exciting to me! I could see ideas for other garments that she made that I hadn’t made yet. I could read her pattern notes and see photos of the finished garments on her (to get pattern ideas that I’d like to make for myself in the future).
My body dimensions:
Bust - 34”
Natural Waist - 28”
Hips - 38.5”
Pattern size:
Bust - 6
Waist\Hips - 8
I graded from a 6 to an 8 at the Waist down to the Hips.
Pattern Version:
FRONT - Version #2 Scoop Front, Full Length
BACK - Version #2 High Back, Full Length
NECKBAND - Version #2 Scoop Neck
SLEEVE A - Long sleeve
I sewed this top on both a standard sewing machine and a serger. You don’t have to have a serger to sew the pattern (but it finishes the inside edges nicely). I Basted the neckline in place before serging the edges. In times where you’re stretching a neckband quite a lot, I found it saves me time to add the Baste step.
The fabric was such a lovely surprise to see in person. It has a nice sheen to it and I will say, blue is a color that I enjoy wearing. The color name for this one is Jeans Blue. The stretch within the fabric is 50% Width and 60% length. That’s a key area to note for the Skyline tee, the percentage of stretch. As the pattern is a fitted design, too much or too little stretch will change the fit or the look of the design. The pattern asks for 50% vertical\horizontal stretch.
If you’re new to reading about sewing patterns, sewists will share their body dimensions and the size that they picked for the pattern. These details are super helpful to compare how much Ease the sewist decided to go for with the application of the pattern to their body (to see if you want to make the same choices for your project, or if you want to go with more or less fitting Ease). In one case, I found another sewist with my same body dimensions, which was super exciting to me! I could see ideas for other garments that she made that I hadn’t made yet. I could read her pattern notes and see photos of the finished garments on her (to get pattern ideas that I’d like to make for myself in the future).
My body dimensions:
Bust - 34”
Natural Waist - 28”
Hips - 38.5”
Pattern size:
Bust - 6
Waist\Hips - 8
I graded from a 6 to an 8 at the Waist down to the Hips.
Pattern Version:
FRONT - Version #2 Scoop Front, Full Length
BACK - Version #2 High Back, Full Length
NECKBAND - Version #2 Scoop Neck
SLEEVE A - Long sleeve
I sewed this top on both a standard sewing machine and a serger. You don’t have to have a serger to sew the pattern (but it finishes the inside edges nicely). I Basted the neckline in place before serging the edges. In times where you’re stretching a neckband quite a lot, I found it saves me time to add the Baste step.