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Purple 50s-Style Knit Top With Gathered Bust
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Description
This is my heavily altered version of the striped knit V-neck top in the 50s-style segment of the 02/2010 BurdaStyle magazine. I made a size 38, did a 1-inch FBA and added 5 inches of length and 3 inches of width to the front for my pregnant belly (also added 2 inches of length to the back). I didn’t like how wide the neckline was, so I gathered it in quite a bit with clear elastic. I plan to make a striped version with long sleeves next! This was my first successful maternity alteration to a pattern, and my first successful attempt sewing a knit twin-needle hem!
Material Notes
Super-soft lightweight purple rayon lycra jersey knit with nearly 100% stretch from Western Fabrics, $6/yard. I used most of 1 yard, but didn’t have enough for the long-sleeved version.
Difficulty
Intermediate
Categories
- For
- Maternity
- Garment Type
- Tops
- Style
- Business, Casual, Evening Wear, Vintage
- Material
- Blends, Knits/Jersey, Rayon
Credits
- BurdaStyle 02/2010
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Feb 23, 2010, 02.55 PMby Galadriel F
Well done. It really suits you.
Feb 23, 2010, 02.55 PMby cquinn13
looks great! good job!
Feb 23, 2010, 03.03 AMby m1khaela
Thanks! The portrait on the wall is of me and my husband, it was a wedding gift from a cartoonist friend (we’re both cartoonists as well).
Feb 23, 2010, 01.43 AMby jasmine77
Lovely job. Looks great :)
Feb 23, 2010, 01.37 AMby scheryka
Cute and it’s purple. I like the comic pic on the wall. Too cute.
Feb 23, 2010, 01.25 AMby camilaustral
love it! you look great ;)