New Year Renfrew

あけましておめでとうございます。今年もよろしくお願いします。
今年は40という節目の年ということで、ぐうたら度低め、生産度高めな年にしたいと思います。

ちょうど1年前にも作ったカットソーの型紙の長袖・Vネックバージョンを作りました。
ほんっと言うとまたカウルネックを作りたかったんだけど、布が足らなかったので今回はVネック。

ミシン、ロックミシン、カバーステッチミシンと3台総出でアイロン台もミシン台として大活躍。

I had to use my sewing machine, serger, and the coverstitch machine so my ironing board became a sewing table too.

Funny that I made another Renfrew again around the New Year. New Year tradition now.

Last one was a cowl neck with 3/4 sleeves. I wanted to make another cowl with long sleeves but due to the fabric shortage, I made a V-neck version with long sleeves.

I am happy with the stripe matching.

The pattern was Sewaholic's Renfrew.
I cut a straight size 6, and lengthened the bodice by 1" this time.
This was actually my first time using the long sleeve pattern and I love the length of the sleeves. If I pull the sleeves, I can totally cover my thumb. If I wear it normally, the sleeve hem band nicely comes down to metacarprophalangeal joint (base of thumb).

The fabric is a navy blue and white stripe cotton jersey with 5% Lycra. Very nice and silky smooth and works well as neck/hem/sleeve band as well.
However, I only had 1 yard of fabric (59" wide). The fabric requirements suggested I needed 1 3/4 yards...
I traced the pattern and then cut the pattern with 1/4" seam allowance.
Oh, they fit! (Mostly thanks to Fabric Mart who gave me a few extra inches.)

I added a twill tape along the inside of shoulder and back neck seam to stabilize those area.
I also used my coverstitch machine to sew down the twill tape and top stitch around neck and hem.
The neck band is attached using the Jalie method where the ends of the neck band overlap instead of meeting at the center front. I added a little piece of tricot fusible interfacing at the point of the V neck

I still can't figure out how to get rid of the wrinkle from the underarm without adding darts, but other than that, I am very pleased with the results.