Not-quite-2-hour top: New Look 6179

[kaitlinnegan]

For those of you following the "help me decide" thread here: Which top? - this one was #1. #2 won for votes, but this one won for ease of construction and fabric availability - I found crinkle cotton at Hancock fabrics, but no appropriate knits for the other 2 patterns. Here come the pictures:

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The shirt is extra wrinkly because I twisted it up after wearing it for a while on Sunday in hopes of restoring some of the crinkliness since it was a little stretched out after sewing and wearing. Well, I just got wrinkles on top of crinkles, which isn't the best look. Oh well. Maybe I'll get a better picture after washing it. Now, this is not the most figure-flattering top, but it sure is comfy and easy to make. I didn't make my 2 hour start to finish "deadline," but I sure came close - it took about 3 hours in the end. I bet if I made another I would make 2 hours no problem, and it's definitely less than 2 hours of actual sewing time.

I pretty much made the pattern as-is - I did go a size smaller than I usually use because this top has a large amount of ease. It is especially loose in the back. I added 1" to the neckline edge of each of the pattern pieces to make a casing for the drawstring, rather than using bias tape to do the casing.

Well, let me know what you think and if you have any questions! I highly recommend this pattern!

[Glennssister]

Kaitlinn its a winner!!!!! Would you think it would look good with a sleeve about 3" longer. I have fat arms. How would it look if I just add the three inches to the bottom of the sleeve or would I need to alter the shape any???

[temom]

Kaitlinn, it looks great! I had wondered about doing the same thing with adding an inch on the neck instead of using bias tape, but I chickened out. Next time I'll definately do it!

Grandma C, the top I made has much wider sleeves - Simplicity 4177, view C.

[Sewing Lady]

It looks wonderful. It would take longer that that to go shopping and then actually find something that you like

[DorothyL]

Great job, again.
Dorothy

[SmilieFace]

Nice shirt (and not just because it's the one I voted for )! Seriously, you did a great job, and I'm tempted to go purchase that pattern.

[StitchNTime]

Makes me want to cut one out and get to work...I looked for that pattern and couldn't find it. I even looked in the New Look book, but I did find a similar one.

Yours looks great! I especially like the added drawstring...I think the pattern I found has one...if not, I'll use your idea. I bought cotton gauze a couple weeks ago that would work nicely.

[MartySews2]

Cute top Kaitlin. You're young enough to get away wearing something like that. However, on this 55+ year old body of mine, it would not look good. It's a nice casual look for summer.
Marty

[kaitlinnegan]

Thanks everyone! I forgot to link to the pattern in my first post - here it is: New Look 6179. It is an older pattern, I think (the photo looks kind of 90's), so it might be going out of print soon. If you can't find it locally, you could probably order it online..but, I have looked at every peasant top pattern known to man, and they are all basically the same. I picked 6179 because of the sleeve variations - particularly I'd like to make the long flounced sleeve at some point, but variations would not be hard to do yourself. Here are some of them that I found:

New Look 6809 - slightly different neckline and sleeve variations
Simplicity 4177 - I think this is the one Theresa used?
Simplicity 3732 - an "It's So Easy" pattern
McCall 5050 - with elastic at the empire waistline
Butterick 4685 - yet another.

It looks wonderful. It would take longer that that to go shopping and then actually find something that you like

Now, that is for sure. Monday I spent 4 hours shopping and only came away with about half the things I was looking for. I'd much rather have been sewing!

Kaitlinn its a winner!!!!! Would you think it would look good with a sleeve about 3" longer. I have fat arms. How would it look if I just add the three inches to the bottom of the sleeve or would I need to alter the shape any???

I think it would probably work out just fine. I don't think the shape would need to be altered, really, but you might like it better with a little more or less poof, or you might just want to hem it rather than doing the elastic - in that case, you might want to try shortening one of the long sleeve pieces rather than lengthening the short sleeve one.

[SheliaHC]

Great job! You might want to look at New Look 6761. It is a really simple top with a couple of sleeve options.

Shelia