Vogue 1306

My top is complete!  It is really a comfortable top to wear and think that I will make another version of it before vacay in June.

Here are a few shots I took this afternoon after grocery shopping--

Front view, gathers are hard to see.

Back view

Side view, the back is designed to longer than the front.

I had hoped to make another top for the sew along.  I have another Vogue cowl neck top ready to cut out and my plan is to work on that in the morning.  I have made this pattern before so I have no fitting adjustments to make.

This is to be my first top for the 2013 Top Sew-Along.  The pattern also qualifies for the Pattern Stash contest on Pattern Review.  The fabric has been washed and ready to go.

I also made some pattern adjustments with a few more to go.  Here is the FBA I made and will ease the side dart created by the adjustment instead of actually sewing the dart.

The fabric is a rayon knit I purchased sometime last year.

Vogue dress and me

I have basically completed the dress but still tweaking.  My expectation for this dress and the outcome are not quite in sync.  

The dress has cutting lines for 14-16 and for 18-20 (or 22); not for 14, 16, 18 and 20.  I am not sure if that is a factor or not but this dress has, on me anyway,  a lot of ease!  I took even deeper seams at the waistline on the side seams and took deeper seams below bust stopping at  waist, then below tummy, I took deeper seams to hem line.   

Once I inserted the sleeves on the dropped shoulder, it had a different look and unfortunately not one I think I like.  I may try inserting a raglan/dropped shoulder pad, not very thick to see if this helps the drape of the sleeve.

The only thing left to do is hem it and sew hook and eye for back closure.  I am somewhat disappointed with the dress as the drawing on the model gave me a different idea on who this dress was going to look.  Photos later.

Next up is tops as I want to participate in Faye's top sew along.  I have some great woven and knit fabrics for some new top patterns I am wanting to try.

Can we get a WooHoo?

The dress is complete!  Woo Hoo!  I still have to sew on a hook and eye, still have not done that yet for this dress or the other two!!!!  Still plan to do it, but after posting this I am off to fix some dinner!

As they say, pictures are worth a thousand words so -----

With all those flowers it is very hard to see the princess seaming, and the neckline ruffles in the photo.

I cut the bias neck and armhole binding using the pattern pieces.  But instead of using the their directions for attaching, I decided to use my Simplicity Bias Taper Maker machine and create a nice bias tape.  In the photo above, I attached one side of the bias fabric using the fold created by the tape maker for sewing guide.  I then trim the seam and turned the bias fabric, pinned and then “stitched in the ditch”.  The pattern instructions have to you hand sew the bias binding; not for this girl.

This is the pinned bias at the armhole.  The pattern has you stitch the bias binding and then turn all of the binding to the inside and then you topstitch.  Their method the bias binding does not show.  I wanted it to as a nice design feature.

Here is a close up of the neckline and ruffle.  Still hard to see. Perhaps I should have used the contrasting solid color for the ruffle. 

Sorry no photo of me wearing the dress.  I am comfortably dressed for lounging around the house and will have to save the wearing shot for another day.

I hope everyone has/had a nice Father’s Day, no matter how you celebrated.