Not much sewing going on around here this week, but I did finally get around to a fix I have wanted to do for the last few weeks -- ever since I finished my Trio Top.
I had lowered the neckline of the top from the original, but realized that the back was too low with the same number of blocks as the front. Not for modesty or anything like that, it was that the gathered elastic sat at an odd place on my back and the feeling of it really bothered me!
To fix it I had to unpick topstitching on black & also the panel so I had been putting it off. But I finally got around to it & fortunately I also had a handful of precut blocks left over to choose from. I sewed an extra line of blocks, added them to the back panel & sewed it all back up again. Once I got started on it, it really didn't take long. And now it's much more comfortable to wear and it sits better on my shoulders as well!
Well done for making that change, it looks great, but it's even more important that the garment is comfortable.
ReplyDeleteExactly - if it's not comfortable, you just won't wear it.
DeleteWell done, you -- you could have left it alone, and been so bothered by the fit that you never wore it. Yet you soldiered on and did the grunt work to make it a special garment that you'll enjoy for years.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Yes, faced up to the grunt work to make this now much more wearable :)
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