Fall Sewing: Itch to Stitch Bellavista Top

イギリスは、もう結構涼しいです。砂漠暮らしが長すぎてあまり秋冬に適した服がないので、暖かめの服作ってみました。
ざっくりしたカウルネックのトップです。
型紙はItch to StitchというとこのBellavista Top。
Tシャツ系は型紙の数も少ないし、縫うのも早いので好きです。
布はポリエステルとレーヨンの混紡ニット。

It is getting noticeably cooler here in England and talking about weather all the time I feel like I'm a proper resident.

I have said this before, but having lived in the desert Southwest for 10 years, I really don't have much fall/winter clothes. In the desert, you only need a cardi over a cami. So I made one: a cozy cowl neck top.

The pattern is Bellavista Top from Itch to Stitch. I actually wanted to make more Renfrew top from Sewaholic, which also has a nice cowl, but my paper pattern is in the storage and did not want to pay for another hefty indie pattern price for a pattern I already own so I bought this pattern instead.

The pattern features a loose-fitting swingy shape bodice and a slightly bell-shaped sleeve, so it was different enough to justify my purchase, though not that I needed a justification.

The fabric is a poly/rayon jersey. This top, with the swingy shape, definitely needs a drapey fabric and rayon helped. One thing about fabric shopping in England is that for some reason the range of sweater knit is very limited, and sweater knit in general is just hard to find. It could be just the online shops that I browse, but I'm just having a hard time finding sweater knit...

I cut a size 2 based on my body measurements.

 The hem of my front bodice does rise up so I might have to do something there. FBA?

I bought 2 meters of fabric and I knew I had plenty to match pattern. So instead of checking the pattern placement for all the pieces, I started cutting the fabric, and I started with the back bodice... I don't know why I started with back bodice but it made it slightly complicating to decide the pattern placement for the front bodice. Front is made up of 3 panels so I had to check the horizontal pattern match at the side seam for the side front panel, then match the side panel to the center front panel.

I was lazy and cut the fabric on fold, and I had to pay the price of my laziness. The pattern matches pretty well on one side but not the other... Oh well.

I wasn't too sure about the swingy shape, but after wearing it all day, I really like it. Big-dinner friendly, and definitely very comfy. If I can find more sweater knit, I want to make more of these.