I am lucky enough to have two weeks off over Christmas and New Year's and took the opportunity to get my sewing machine back out. Today is my mom's birthday, she would have been 79 today and I have been thinking about her more than I usually do these past few days. She was an avid sewer and I learned my first sewing skills from her. So, for me sewing will forever be something that makes me reconnect with her in my mind. Rest in peace, Mama. I dedicate this project to you <3 |
I used a super simple (pun intended) Simplicity pattern (S8988A), which gives you different options for style (if I had had enough fabric I would probably have added a collar) but I chose the simplest one. I only had to cut two sleeves and two pieces for front and back each. Done!
The sweater has a middle seam on both the front and back. The original pattern asks for sewing the right sides together, so that the seam allowance shows on the outer side but I did not like that much, plus I was planning on using my serger instead of my regular sewing machine and it would not have made sense to do it that way in that case. What I realized is that the fabric was pretty flimsy when I used my serger on it, so I added some lightweight interfacing to all of the seams, which was quite a bit of cutting but it made the seams look much better. |