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| Simplicity 4076 view D with view B sleeve option |
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| View B sleeves- accidently lettuce leaf finished but it turn out OK I think. |
When I make this again I will probably look at scooping out the side seams at the bust area or doing a proper FBA to accommodate "the girls", as the fabric strains across the bust and loses the gathering detail once I put it on.
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| Gathering detail |
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| Lack of gathering detail- gathers now turned into wrinkles pointing to boobs eek! |
I had a fair idea my bust might distort the pattern but was too impatient to get something made up! Live and learn...next time I will make adjustments to the pattern first to rectify the problem.
Otherwise I am pretty happy with this top and have worn it quite a few times in casual outfits, once I fix the bust I can see it becoming a wardrobe staple for me.
2 comments:
Hi, I was looking at reviews at PR and notice your review because we have a similar shape. Your top is very cute. I have made this particular pattern many, many times in different types of stretch fabric. I am always pleased with the results. I don't do the gathers around the neck of any top for the same exact reason you stated. I use FOE (foldover elastic) instead of a neck binding. It works just as well. I also added 6 inches to the length since I have such a long torso and like to cover up my problem area (sorry, don't know what that is in cm) June
Thanks June for the kind comment on my top. Am thinking I might try grading up a size as since I've been "properly" measured thats where I'm at (for some reason picked the smaller size range on this one). I hope to come back to this pattern one day, perfect it for me and make up many more, however new projects just keep happening ;)
One day hopefully!!!
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