I must admit, I had reservations before making this top because of the winged panels. Reservations, because I am plus sized and prefer more fitted garments.
This is my final top:
Hang on you say, this has 'no wings'! You know those reservations I had about the pattern, well I should have followed my gut feeling! This is not a criticism of the pattern, in fact, the pattern has easy to follow instructions and is easy to sew, I enjoyed sewing it, it was just a poor choice of pattern for my figure type.
So, this is how the pattern should look:
It was all coming together nicely when, at 2 am (I was having a nice time sewing, a real luxury when you are on holidays), I thought I should have a look at what it looks like on me and on my dressmaking dummy:
No, no, no, I am not pregnant and do not want to encourage this look on me. So, at 2 am I thought I better go to bed, because I knew that to take the panel out and finish the top would take me equally an amount of time to fix as it would have taken me to sew.
The next morning I removed the side winged panels with the pocket and straightened out the back panel to match the front.
Would I make this pattern again in it's original format? No, it's not for me. I would however, consider doing it again in the modified form. I would add pockets and fully line the hoody.
If you are thin, I would recommend this pattern, but, it's not for me.
I learnt two important lessons, I should just go back to pattern drafting, the work involved with adjusting a purchased pattern is not worth the time and, more importantly, don't stray from your own style.
Happy sewing everyone.
Sandra
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