There has been rather a lot of football occupying the TV this month and so I decided to use the time to sew some ⅝” seams on clothes to make a change from the usual ¼” seams on patchwork. I managed to complete a wearable toile of McCalls 7922, but progress on a fleece gillet has been hindered by feline assistance.
I made view D of M7922 with quite a few modifications. I straighten the hem across the longest point, omitted the zip, back darts and front band, and I also added a wide neckband to raise the neckline by ~1.5” as without this it would have been lower than I liked. The twist front went together fairly easily, but it was a bit unclear which seam allowances needed neatening and when was best to do it.
As I wasn’t too sure how this would go together and look, I used a bargain fabric from stash but I can see myself making more versions in “proper” fabrics in my stash.
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