This is the second Sutton top I've made. Here is the first.
Still a size 2, and this time I shortened it 2 cm. Er, I definitely shortened the front, anyway, but more on that later. As I mentioned on version 1, the size chart would have me make a size 4 and I sized down because I don't like things too oversized.
The fabric is a silk charmeuse remnant from The Fabric Store in Auckland. I immediately know I'd use it for this pattern. I thought the combination would be low key and just perfect and I was right. I love it and I've been wearing it a lot.
(These pants are my very first Sewaholic Thurlow trousers. They are now more like boyfriend jeans because I have lost weight.)
This pattern is really top notch and I enjoyed it the second time around as much as the first. It's a pain to finish the side seams on a silk top without a serger - I used a zig zag which creates kind of a mess, but I think it is stable, at least and won't fray. And I can keep pining for a serger! The rest of the seams are done as french seams and I took my time and did a lot of ironing for once.
So I got around to the bottoms and noticed with some suspicion that all my dots on the back were about 2 cm lower than on the front, so I think somehow I didn't shorten it properly. To make up for this I used the front (shorter) dots as the main ones and I ended up folding the back hem up one time extra. The silk didn't like this and it is a bit messy on the inside, but the outside looks fine, and it makes a heavier hem which is nice.
Still a size 2, and this time I shortened it 2 cm. Er, I definitely shortened the front, anyway, but more on that later. As I mentioned on version 1, the size chart would have me make a size 4 and I sized down because I don't like things too oversized.
The fabric is a silk charmeuse remnant from The Fabric Store in Auckland. I immediately know I'd use it for this pattern. I thought the combination would be low key and just perfect and I was right. I love it and I've been wearing it a lot.
(These pants are my very first Sewaholic Thurlow trousers. They are now more like boyfriend jeans because I have lost weight.)
This pattern is really top notch and I enjoyed it the second time around as much as the first. It's a pain to finish the side seams on a silk top without a serger - I used a zig zag which creates kind of a mess, but I think it is stable, at least and won't fray. And I can keep pining for a serger! The rest of the seams are done as french seams and I took my time and did a lot of ironing for once.
So I got around to the bottoms and noticed with some suspicion that all my dots on the back were about 2 cm lower than on the front, so I think somehow I didn't shorten it properly. To make up for this I used the front (shorter) dots as the main ones and I ended up folding the back hem up one time extra. The silk didn't like this and it is a bit messy on the inside, but the outside looks fine, and it makes a heavier hem which is nice.
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