Stash and Scrap Busting: Knit Pullover Top / OOP Vogue 9057

This project started out as a scrap busting project.  The plan was to use up the last bits of this cute llama print fabric left over from a wrap dress that was made last year.  

There wasn't enough to cut out all of the pattern pieces, only the front and sleeves.   The back was cut from a burgundy colour knit found in the fabric stash.  

I used out-of-print (OOP) Vogue 9057, adding some extra ease into some key areas.  

1. Shortened and even out the hem.  
2. Added 1" around the neckline.  
3. From the new hem length, at the centre front and back, the pattern piece was moved 2" from the fold.  
4. Added 1/2" from the top of the bodice side seam and omitted the side seam curve/shaping grading out beyond the medium cutting line by 1" at the lower end of the side bodice.  
5. Half an inch of ease was added to the top of the side sleeve pattern piece tapering to original width at the hem.  
6. The sleeve length was shortened based on available scraps.  The finished sleeve is around the 3/4 sleeve length.  
7. The side seams were stitched with a 1/2" seam allowance.  

Tips and Techniques

I've mentioned it before, Knit 'N Stable tape is a favourite sewing notion at my ironing board.  In this project it was used at the neckline, sleeve and bodice hems.  It provides a bit of stability and helps with nice top-stitched hem finish.  

Purchase the best fabric scissors that your sewing budget will allow and take care of them.  The extra time you take to wipe off the lint off the scissor blades will pay in the long run.  

Know and pre-treat your fabric.  Both of these two fabrics are cotton knits and typically there is a 5% shrinkage rate with cotton.  

Project Details

Seams:  Knit (Lightening bolt stitch)

Seam finish:  Serged

Fabric:  Pattern calls for 1.4 metres 

Label:  1 care instruction label

Knit 'N Stable tape:  1.2 metres

Pattern:  OOP Vogue 9057

Additional Tools & Supplies:  Cutting table, Merchant and Mills tailor shears, pins, pin cushion, tailor's chalk, Janome sewing machine, walking foot, screwdriver, Janome serger, threads, thread clippers, iron, ironing board, measuring tape, measuring gauge, wrist brace and a few breaks.  

Happy Sewing!