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Hello everyone!

How are you? Hope you are having a great weekend! I am super excited to share my completed second muslin of the V1440 top. Firstly fit was an issue on my first go which I wrote about here. Here is a picture of the first muslin fit.

muslin 1 without collar

I felt that it was too loose fitting for my liking.

The armhole gaped too much such that my bra was visible.

The armhole gaped too much such that my bra was visible.

Now on to Muslin2….

Muslin2

Much much happier with the fit. The armholes feel secure and lie flat .

muslin2front

Looks more like the picture on the pattern envelope. It feels so comfortable!yoke detail

And the back yoke detail that I love so much! My edgestitching is dodgy…so is my topstitching for that matter ;-(..

muslin2collar

The fly front was much faster and easier to sew second time round. Its still not finished. I need to slipstitch between the button holes and up to the top.

muslin2back

I like the little slit at the bottom. My edgestitching down the centre back seam is much better 😉

,uslin 2 collage Collage

I just got into Yoga and I love that I can do this very comfortably! I can do yoga in it!!!!

colla idea

I have an idea to make one with just a collar stand instead of full collar. I unpicked the top bit of the collar so I could see what it looks like. I quite like this variation too 😉

Vogue V1440 View A

So whats the plan now?

  • I am cutting out another one this weekend and will make it with just a collar stand.
  • This one counts as wearable muslin.
  • Figure out neat edgestitching.

I will do another post just on the construction and the interiors – I had so much fun with it and took loads of pictures. So that will be coming soon ;-).

Happy sewing everyone and have an awesome weekend!

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