She knows how to make patterns that actually fit extraordinary woman, like me. A couple of years ago, Butterick finally got wise and started offering her patterns, so now whenever I see them on sale, I pick up a couple more. There is a nice collection in my sewing room. Here is one of those patterns, B5654, made in a rainbow t-shirt knit that I picked up a long while ago. View B. I'm not going to say which size, but I am in the 3X-6X range. The neckline looks awfully wide, but I assure you, my bra straps were still covered, and actually, it looked pretty good on me! I'm wearing this to church tomorrow, with a black skirt.
Someday I might get pictures of me actually wearing the clothes, but I have to teach my cat how to work a camera first.
Gorgeous, Jane! I've been meaning to make a few of these in a more sedate knit to wear over work pants with a vest, for teaching in. I'm not convinced about that neckline, though...
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The neck binding is in two pieces - the front piece and the back piece, which has the lace. It looked complicated, but was a lot easier in execution.
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