Thank you to Elegance & Elephants for this playsuit pattern and tutorial for turning it into a top (and trousers).
I combined elements of the separates tutorial with elements of the
playsuit bodice construction for this top.
I love (love!) the inverted
pleat on the front, it looks so smart and crisp and is a great design
element. I would, however, make the
stitching at the top and bottom of the pleat a little longer. I only just got the stitching included before
the hem and the top of my pleat has ended up about the length of the facing, which I really like. (Full disclosure: I accidentally made a nick in the fabric
when I was snipping threads so I had to lengthen the stitching at the top to
enclose the nick – luckily it was only a small one!)
I added length to the top as per the tutorial (and then
some), but only increased the width by 2cm on the fold (so 4cm total), I cut out
the angle along the side and just made it an A-line shape. I had to take my seam allowances down to 1cm
to make sure it would fit her.
I used my plain, white cotton for the facing and red bias binding for
the ties. I top stitched the bias
binding along both sides so that it wouldn’t stretch. I really like the white touches on both
because I think it enhances the red, white and blue theme that I was going
for.
Now, where has that summer weather gone?
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