I had high hopes for this little top. It was going to use up some leftover knit fabric and give me a new top to wear on vacation. Well, it used up the fabric, but that's it. I'm counting this as a fail. :(
I read lots of reviews on PatternReview.com and following the advice of this one, I decided on doing a quasi-FBA to make sure the under bust seam actually fell under my bust. It worked out, but....
I cut a size 14 which was fine. I had planned on eliminating the CB seam, but after I cut it out, I realized that I forgot to place the pattern piece on the fold to take out the seam allowance at the back, (DOH!). So I had no choice but to add the CB seam back in.
I read lots of reviews on PatternReview.com and following the advice of this one, I decided on doing a quasi-FBA to make sure the under bust seam actually fell under my bust. It worked out, but....
I didn't make the covered fabric loop any longer. DOH! So the gathers looked like a big bow across my chest. I ripped out the fabric loop, made it longer, and loosened the gathers, hoping that it would help. Not really:
This is not the style for me. I don't think the baby pink color was doing me any favors either. Perhaps a heavier and/or printed fabric would have looked better. I'm going to chalk this one up to experience and call it a loss. I didn't even bother with any hemming.
Maybe one day I'll try one of the front twist versions. But maybe not. I have been known to hold a grudge.
How annoying that the pattern was a dud for you. I hope the next one works out better. Surely the grudge should stick to that version of the pattern and let you try another one? ;)
ReplyDeleteTime will tell if I ever make the other version. It's not like I don't have other patterns I could try :)
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