First top I made!! I
found this pattern a while ago and it seems to be one of the
most popular patterns on BurdaStyle website. And
my wardrobe was missing a Peplum top. So I decided to give a try.
I am just a beginner. So
I immediately disregard the cap sleeves.
To my surprise, the
original version, which was 100% according to the pattern, fitted terrible.
Below photos show I was trying to pin and fit it.
The back view was worse.
The peplum was too long. The neck line was too high. And I needed a small bust
adjustment. I made a lot of adjustments:
- I shortened the peplum and the bodice, because I intend
to wear it under a jacket.
- I moved the seam of the back bodice and the peplum
higher so that it got closer to my waist line.
- I have sloped and small shoulders. So I corrected the
shoulder seams and the armholes.
- I made a wider neckline.
Here is a much
better version.
Do you notice anything
wrong from the muslin? -- The hem line doesn't look natural! I put a jacket
over and drew the hemline on the muslin just under the jacket to find the
correct hemline
The fabric was
lightweight stretchy cotton. When installing the zipper and sewing the
side seam, it’s very important to make sure the horizontal seams need to be
matched, shown at the three spots I circled in the below photo.
For the neckline, the
pattern has neckline facing. Because my fabric is so sheer that you will see
through the facing inside, I decided to use bias binding. I learnt this tip from Moonbeam’sblog.
After
all the modification, there is the final product:
Oh. By the way, I also made the skirt from McCall 3830 with my sewing teacher.
Not Bad for a beginner huh? :)
