Since it looks like a fun pattern to make I thought I would chose a fun fabric design to work with.

The polyester knit with cream, beige, grey and black swirling stripes is found at Mitchell Fabrics and costs $16.95/metre (Cdn).

I've made a few versions of out-of-print (OOP) Butterick 5561 over the last decade. Most were gifted and there is only one currently in...