{"id":473,"date":"2019-06-30T17:10:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T23:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/?p=473"},"modified":"2019-07-08T15:57:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T21:57:06","slug":"new-look-6459-cropped-top-woven-and-knit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/06\/30\/new-look-6459-cropped-top-woven-and-knit\/","title":{"rendered":"New Look 6459 Cropped Top,  woven and knit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I made the <a href=\"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/10\/04\/simplicity-8134-wrap-pants\/\">wrap pants<\/a> shown below last fall, the only top I had to wear with them was a navy wool shell &#038; cardigan. Much too itchy for summer, so this spring I looked for a more appropriate top. I wanted something sleeveless, and to use a piece of navy linen\/rayon blend fabric in my stash. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/10\/04\/simplicity-8134-wrap-pants\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/front-and-open.jpg\" alt=\"New Look 8134 Wrap Pants\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I looked through the patterns I already own first and was immediately drawn to the neckline on New Look 6459, view B. I had bought the pattern for the pants, but now the top looked like a good candidate.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/newlook6459.jpg\" alt=\"New Look 6459 pattern envelope cover\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sewing.patternreview.com\/Patterns\/79405#pattern-review\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reviews on Pattern Review<\/a> mostly said the top was really cropped and that the neck and armhole facings didn&#8217;t stay down. No biggie, I thought, I&#8217;ll just lengthen the pattern and draft an all-in-one facing. <\/p>\n<p class=soozsec>My alterations<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Made a straight 12\n<li>Lengthened the pattern by 2&#8243;<br \/>\n<LI>Made an all-in-one facing using <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fabrics-store.com\/2018\/10\/17\/sewing-glossary-how-to-draft-and-sew-an-all-in-one-facing\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">this tutorial<\/a>. I attached it using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wlx93fYpFOY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">this youtube video<\/a>.<br \/>\n<LI>I have pointy shoulder blades, so I usually have to make a prominent shoulder blade adjustment to the back of woven tops (the result is a neckline dart). I use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fus2vJEk59k\">this video<\/a> for the alteration.\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a photo of the shirt inside out so you see the facing, as well as the button\/loop closure on the back. The facing is made from some left over lining.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/facing-nl-6459.jpg\" alt=\"shirt inside out so you see the facing, as well as the button\/loop closure on the back\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>And the finished top&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/woven-nl6459.jpg\" alt=\"Finished top, NL6459 in linen-rayon blend\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The problem that no one on Pattern Review mentioned is that the top isn&#8217;t particularly bra friendly, even when I added lingerie holders, so I&#8217;m wearing a strapless bra.<\/p>\n<p>But I like the neckline, and thought if I made it up in a knit rather than woven fabric it would make a good alternative to a tank top. I compared the pattern to a t-shirt pattern I&#8217;ve made before, and decided to size down 1 size, to account for the stretch in the knit fabric. I also made the strap a little wider and the cut-in a little less, to alleviate the bra-showing problem.<\/p>\n<p>I kept almost everything else the same &#8212; the added length, the shoulder blade dart and the all-in-one facing. The woven version has a center back seam with a loop &#038; button closure. I kept the back seam, in case I had problems with gapping at my neckline, but sewed up the entire back, removing the closure. I could get the woven version over my head without undoing the button, so figured I definitely wouldn\u2019t need it for the knit version.<\/p>\n<p>Using a small piece of cotton jersey left from another project, I made up a test version. It turned out so well I made a pair of <a href=\"https:\/\/store.closetcasepatterns.com\/products\/carolyn-pajama-pattern-pdf-download\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Closet Case Carolyn Pajama shorts<\/a> to go with it. I made the piping at the top of the cuff on the shorts from the knit used in the top. <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/knit-nl6459-and-pj-shorts.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>And here it is in a lighter-weight ponte (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonemountainfabric.com\/product\/ponte-leggero-navy\/\">navy Ponte Leggero from Stone Mountain<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/knit-nl6459-navy-ponte-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I made the wrap pants shown below last fall, the only top I had to wear with them was a navy wool shell &#038; cardigan. Much too itchy for summer, so this spring I looked for a more appropriate top. I wanted something sleeveless, and to use a piece of navy linen\/rayon blend fabric &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/06\/30\/new-look-6459-cropped-top-woven-and-knit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Look 6459 Cropped Top,  woven and knit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":536,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions\/536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}