Start with the success: I have been inspired by all the "Luxe" sweatshirts out there in sewing blogland and wanted to make one for me. I had some stretch lace that was going to be a dress, but the muslin was a fail and I was frustrated with that project so I decided that it was the perfect luxe fabric for the sweatshirt.
Silver stretch lace backed with an aqua spandex jersey |
I lined the stretch lace with a stretchy aqua jersey knit that I purchased from Fabrics dot com and then treated the 2 fabrics as one.
The gray is a light weight ponte knit from the same site.
I ordered 3 swatches before I got the right color of aqua and the right gray fabric. I'm not a fan of ordering online, but choices for brick and mortar stores are so limited these days.
Any hints for ordering online would be appreciated.
I ordered this pattern at the same time. Patterns are MUCH easier to order online! :-) I made version A and sewed a straight up XL, but probably could have made a Large. I had to take it in quite a bit, but it is a sweatshirt and I wanted it to be roomy so I am happy with the fit.
I didn't change anything except to add a band to the bottom to make it a bit more sweatshirt-y looking.
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My best shot at modeling - I was in sewing mode with no make up = no head shots. |
I'm happy with how this shirt came out an can't wait to wear it!
Shirt # 2…Not quite as happy with. I had some beautiful gold loose-weave sweater knit in my stash and was thinking of a flow-y cardigan, but saw a tunic in a store window and decided to give that a try.
I had this pattern dated 1999 and decided that I could shorten it and get the tunic look I was looking for. I made version A in a small.

So…I think this is a wadder…live and learn. I may try to reuse the fabric for another sweater - maybe the cardigan that I originally envisioned.
I have been working on some other projects, but they are super-secret Christmas projects. I'll post more about those after Santa makes his appearance.
Wishing everyone happy holidays full of family, friends and love!