I made Seamwork's Julia before, but I made it too big. So I grabbed some light grey marl French Terry left over from the Skipper hoodie and made this version in an L. I avoided the entire concept of fold-over-elastic this time and instead went with self-fabric binding. (Making the binding took longer than sewing up the rest of the top.) All the binding, and the hem, are finished with a double-needle. The fit is much better this time, but the shoulders are still too long, so if a v.3 happens they have to made shorter.




Finished Julia, in light grey marl French Terry, front
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But friends. I was a bit fatigued that day, what with all the pressing to make the binding. I should have stopped, but didn't. And I caught the fabric in the blade of my overlocker/serger multiple times. I used decorative stitches to darn the edges back together as invisibly as I could. But it's never truly invisible. Between that, and how I ran out of acceptable thread three times while making this small garment, this was quite a stressful make.

Even my clothing has scars )

Seamwork Julia tank top

2021-Apr-14, Wednesday 08:30 pm
Seamwork's Julia is a nice quick knit tank top style top. I picked up a metre of tricot jersey on sale. It is shinier, and more athletic fabric feeling in person than I'd expected, but tank tops are flexible, so I ran it up anyway. Very quick; cut front and back from one metre, stitch the shoulders, and then the side seams. I tried using fold-over-elastic as binding on the armholes but it was really bad lettuce. So I ripped it out, and overcast the edges, turned them over, and stitched in place. For arms, neck, and hem. Lovely way to wake up the sewing muscles.



Finished, front
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