Seamwork Sydney woven layering top
2026-May-10, Sunday 05:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chebeLife has been busy. And looks likely to continue being busy. So I don't have much time for bloggable projects. But that doesn't mean I'm giving up.
Seamwork's Sydney was (another discontinued pattern) a bolero style inspired, but actually front overlapping faux-wrap style, cropped woven t-shirt, with short grown-on sleeves. It's a layering piece.
I made a size XL (16-18). In a non-stretch black dotted mesh fabric, with black satin bias binding. The highlight of this pattern is the French Seams. This might be my first time doing French Seams? You start (after stay-stitching the curved edges) with French Seams on the side seams. Then you apply the bias binding to the hem. I took a different path to the instructions here. In order to avoid finishing the neckline in the round, I applied the bias binding there next. I also finished the sleeves with bias binding, even though the instructions wanted me to do double turned hems. And only then did I close the shoulder seams, with French Seams. This was a bit bulky with all the bias binding, and doing it in the round would have been a cleaner finish. But it's fine, and made my life a little easier. Done entirely on just the regular sewing machine, using only a straight stitch.
It's a cute piece. Little oversized. A cover-up that doesn't really cover much. I hope to get some use as the weather gets warmer.
Seamwork's Sydney was (another discontinued pattern) a bolero style inspired, but actually front overlapping faux-wrap style, cropped woven t-shirt, with short grown-on sleeves. It's a layering piece.
I made a size XL (16-18). In a non-stretch black dotted mesh fabric, with black satin bias binding. The highlight of this pattern is the French Seams. This might be my first time doing French Seams? You start (after stay-stitching the curved edges) with French Seams on the side seams. Then you apply the bias binding to the hem. I took a different path to the instructions here. In order to avoid finishing the neckline in the round, I applied the bias binding there next. I also finished the sleeves with bias binding, even though the instructions wanted me to do double turned hems. And only then did I close the shoulder seams, with French Seams. This was a bit bulky with all the bias binding, and doing it in the round would have been a cleaner finish. But it's fine, and made my life a little easier. Done entirely on just the regular sewing machine, using only a straight stitch.
It's a cute piece. Little oversized. A cover-up that doesn't really cover much. I hope to get some use as the weather gets warmer.
Finished, front
Photo by chebe
