I decided to make myself a top over the weekend, something nice and simple! I chose a pattern I bought last year, Butterick 6256, and picked some pale mint jersey from my stash. It’s a lovely weight jersey, I bought it in Fabworks a couple of years ago, I think it was their organic cotton range. I’ve got a length of pale mauve as well.
The fabric was made in a tube, which I’ve not come across before, when I say a tube, I mean there was no selvedge, both sides were on the fold. It feels lovely and it was nice to sew too.
Considering it’s a simple pattern – there are only three pattern pieces, it’s amazing how many mistakes you can make when you’re not firing on all cylinders! I sewed the wrong bits together, sewed back to front…my seam ripper was well used!
The front of the top has a crossover design and a curved hem. The first time I tried it on it looked awful, a right dogs dinner, I commented to my OH that it was a perfect lockdown top as I wouldn’t be going out in it! It was too big, even allowing for dropped shoulders and the front cross-over just sagged in a most unbecoming way!! I took it in a bit down the side seams..
The fit was a little better, but the cross-over was still awful, it sagged under my bust and made me look about 7 months pregnant – not a good look!
I then hit on the idea of stitching the cross-over in place. Initially I was just going to slip-stitch it down but I then had the idea of embroidering the neckline and continuing the stitching through all layers of the cross-over. It worked brilliantly. Initially I thought I would have to stitch both sides, but having secured one side the other side sat OK. I just used fly stitch in a very pale blue DMC thread.
Please excuse the lockdown hair – my last haircut was the end of August – I went from autumn lockdown to self isolation to national lockdown!! Goodness knows how long it will be when I next manage to get an appointment!
I rather like it now, whilst it’s not a great make as the hems are wavy, it is wearable out of the house! I’m even tempted to make another one now, probably a size smaller though!
thecraftycreek 
Your top is lovely! Happy stitching!
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I am laughing over the phrase “a dog’s dinner”! I’ve never heard it before but I knew what you meant! I think you rescued it very well – no longer dinner for any dog! I like how people are growing out their hair during the pandemic – no need for apologies!
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Great save! The top is really lovely…pretty color! 🙂
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Love this. The embroidery adds that special touch.
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I rather like it! The cross over and shaped edges at front make it very different from other patterns and it looks very comfortable to me.
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It looks both pretty and comfortable, and I don’t find the wavy hem objectionable, it looks as if it’s supposed to be slightly ripply and fluted. As for the hair: at least you haven’t resorted to the ‘cut it yourself’ idea I’ve seen trending, with dire results! And once you do get back to the hairdresser, the longer locks will give you some new hairstyle options 🙂
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What a great save Margaret!
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It’s very pretty. We all have natural hair now!
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I like the top and the hair 😁
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I’ve decided that I’m going to do all my first attempts with new patterns using patterned fabric as it covers a multitude of mistakes! That said, you managed a very acceptable rescue and it looks like a nice comfy top.
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That’s probably a wise decision 🙂
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Cute top, and great idea to use the embroidery to hold the neckline in place.
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