Seamwork Ruth wrap top
2023-May-02, Tuesday 07:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chebeSeamwork's Ruth is a notched collar faux-wrap style dress. The Ruth bonus turns the dress into a top with a peplum skirt, and ties from the side seams. I wanted the top style version, but with a straight-skirt rather than peplum hem.
I made up two toiles before cutting the fashion fabric. The pieces for the first toile were cut *ahem* years ago. In the before times. I wasn't going to bother sewing it up initially, but I'm glad I did, as I realised that it wasn't as too-small as I'd been expecting. Which meant I didn't have to get the other size set of patterns printed. In the end I cut a 16 Misses, with a fair few adjustments around the waist.
I always try to avoid changing collars and front facings, just to make my life a little easier. And I spread the adjustments out as evenly as I could to avoid messing with the side seams too much. I removed the front darts completely, and then added 1" to the side seams front and back, resulting in an additional 2" width to the back piece, and an additional 3" to each of the front pieces. (Which meant I had to straighten the front bodice hem a smidge. I did end up with about 1cm of extra length, which is possibly just me not squaring off the sides properly.) I used the straight-skirt pieces from the base pattern, darts and widths adjusted to match the bodice pieces, and cut to a length of 8.5". I also extended the ties from the bonus pattern 4" each.
I used a 'Swooping Swans' dark blue cotton lawn fabric (that I got the end of 2018), that is both crisp but also quite light. There were facings that were all interfaced, but fully lining this fabric might be a good idea in future. Gütermann thread colour 13 was the best match in thread.
The top collar piece just kind of tucks the rest of the seams inside it. It kinda took me by surprise and those seams are not all that neat. Similar with the stitching at the corners of the lower collar pieces. The fronts overlap to about where the front darts should be. And it stays closed with two snaps and the ties.
Continuing my luck with fabric I didn't notice that the back bodice I'd cut had a giant grease stain right in the middle. I've no idea when the in the last five years that might have happened. So I cut another back bodice and kept going. This fabric creases a bit more readily that I'd hoped, and stronger closures would help with feeling more relaxed while wearing it. The ties, in the photo, are pulling the sides, making it look much more straight-sided than it is in reality. It's a nice 'smarter'/office style top, but still feels a bit fussy to me while wearing. Though that is probably just a preference thing.
I made up two toiles before cutting the fashion fabric. The pieces for the first toile were cut *ahem* years ago. In the before times. I wasn't going to bother sewing it up initially, but I'm glad I did, as I realised that it wasn't as too-small as I'd been expecting. Which meant I didn't have to get the other size set of patterns printed. In the end I cut a 16 Misses, with a fair few adjustments around the waist.
I always try to avoid changing collars and front facings, just to make my life a little easier. And I spread the adjustments out as evenly as I could to avoid messing with the side seams too much. I removed the front darts completely, and then added 1" to the side seams front and back, resulting in an additional 2" width to the back piece, and an additional 3" to each of the front pieces. (Which meant I had to straighten the front bodice hem a smidge. I did end up with about 1cm of extra length, which is possibly just me not squaring off the sides properly.) I used the straight-skirt pieces from the base pattern, darts and widths adjusted to match the bodice pieces, and cut to a length of 8.5". I also extended the ties from the bonus pattern 4" each.
I used a 'Swooping Swans' dark blue cotton lawn fabric (that I got the end of 2018), that is both crisp but also quite light. There were facings that were all interfaced, but fully lining this fabric might be a good idea in future. Gütermann thread colour 13 was the best match in thread.
The top collar piece just kind of tucks the rest of the seams inside it. It kinda took me by surprise and those seams are not all that neat. Similar with the stitching at the corners of the lower collar pieces. The fronts overlap to about where the front darts should be. And it stays closed with two snaps and the ties.
Continuing my luck with fabric I didn't notice that the back bodice I'd cut had a giant grease stain right in the middle. I've no idea when the in the last five years that might have happened. So I cut another back bodice and kept going. This fabric creases a bit more readily that I'd hoped, and stronger closures would help with feeling more relaxed while wearing it. The ties, in the photo, are pulling the sides, making it look much more straight-sided than it is in reality. It's a nice 'smarter'/office style top, but still feels a bit fussy to me while wearing. Though that is probably just a preference thing.
Seamwork's Ruth wrap top, finished, front
Photo by chebe
