Seamwork Marlow button-up top
2023-May-23, Tuesday 11:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chebeContinuing my quest for office-wear that also works outside the office (a.k.a. real life) we come to, Seamwork's Marlow, a cute button-up top. If it had a collar I'd call it a shirt. I guess it could be a blouse, but that doesn't seem right either. It is an easy-fitting, fairly-straight, loose top. With five 5/8" buttons in the front, facings all around the neckline, and along the bottom hem, which is longer in the back, and with little splits/vents at the side seams. The sleeves have separate cuff pieces that are stitched permanently in place, hiding the seam finishes on the outside. I think it's simply dotey, and very easy to wear.
I made one toile, in a 14 Misses, and decided all I need to change was adding a little extra width to the back hem. A bit in from each side seam I cut (the pattern) up to the lengthen/shorten line, and hinged them to 2" gap each at the hem. This resulted in also having to redraw the back facing, but it wasn't too messy.
I made it up in a 'Shadow Splash' viscose crepe fabric, in Bottle Green (100% Lenzing EcoVero Viscose fibres), 170 g/m2. The green is much more forest green than the dark petrol it looks on camera. And it has a lovely feel in the hand. I used black thread, and black buttons. I didn't use any interfacing, and don't think the top suffered for it. The instructions for sewing up around the splits/vents confused me, and I'm still not sure what I'm supposed to do, but I made it work.
Fit wise, it is indeed very easy to wear. The back neck facing needs to be tacked in place, but otherwise it just works. I'm not sure if I need to raise the button neckline for the next version, or if my body is just a bit more cleavagey than the models. To be decided.
I made one toile, in a 14 Misses, and decided all I need to change was adding a little extra width to the back hem. A bit in from each side seam I cut (the pattern) up to the lengthen/shorten line, and hinged them to 2" gap each at the hem. This resulted in also having to redraw the back facing, but it wasn't too messy.
I made it up in a 'Shadow Splash' viscose crepe fabric, in Bottle Green (100% Lenzing EcoVero Viscose fibres), 170 g/m2. The green is much more forest green than the dark petrol it looks on camera. And it has a lovely feel in the hand. I used black thread, and black buttons. I didn't use any interfacing, and don't think the top suffered for it. The instructions for sewing up around the splits/vents confused me, and I'm still not sure what I'm supposed to do, but I made it work.
Fit wise, it is indeed very easy to wear. The back neck facing needs to be tacked in place, but otherwise it just works. I'm not sure if I need to raise the button neckline for the next version, or if my body is just a bit more cleavagey than the models. To be decided.
Seamwork's Marlow button-up top, finished, back view
Photo by chebe
Seamwork's Marlow button-up top, finished, front view
Photo by chebe
