The pattern was nice and simple to piece together, it's literally just a back, two fronts, two sleeves and a tie. I did french seams because I'm usually a really lazy sewer, but I wanted this to be really well made and last a long time.
Once the front pieces were attached to the back, I moved on to the sleeves. Now I will confess something here, when it comes to inserting sleeves, I lose any sort of brainpower. No matter how many times I've inserted sleeves in the past, I can never remember which way round the pieces should be 😂😂 So this time, when I figured it out, I wrote it down in my sewing project notebook with a really crude etching of what to do, but at least now I finally have it figured out. In case anyone has a sleeve blind spot, you turn your body piece (inside out) and insert the sleeve (right side out) so that the two right sides are together. It's so simple, I know!
After the sleeve fiasco, it was just a case of sewing the tie, making a couple of wee belt loops and hemming it! So here is the finished article:
My Mum is only 5'3" so this should reach about mid calf on her. I hope she likes it, and if not then I'll have it because I love it! 😂
Cost:
Pattern - £4.30
Fabric - £38.50
Difficulty Rating:
2/5 - but only because I have a brain fart with sleeves, other than that it was super easy.
