(my own photo)
With my pattern ready to be made up, I cut it out of my jersey fabric and began pinning the darts together and sewed them for the top part of my top. Then I pinned in place the pleats on the bottom half of my top. The pleats are the main detail on my top so I took my time in pinning everything neatly.
(my own photographs)
Next, I sewed the pleats into place, then attached the top and bottom half of the top together. This is where I had great difficulty. The reason for this is, when I was toiling this top and getting the right shape on the stand I used a thinner jersey in a cream colour ( as seen in my other post on jerseywear). I didn't realise that I would toile from that fabric and make it out of another lot of fabric. I thought I would make it out of the exact same one. As I didn't buy enough of my original fabric in the first place, when I went back to buy more, the shop didn't have any. So my only choice was to buy a different jersey (the one seen in my photographs now). As this jersey was slightly thicker than the original one I had, it changed the whole thing completely. I will explain more as I show the processes of making.
(finished top front) (finished top back)
(side pleating detail)
Here are some images of my finished jersey top which I was very pleased with the final outcome, better than I had expected. As I was saying about the two different jerseys situation; the jersey that I did use was slighty thicker than the original one and it completely changed the whole image of my finished garment which was a shame. As it was thicker, I couldnt stretch the jersey round the mannequin enough so the top is actually more like a size 10 than a size 12. I couldnt believe how one mistake of using a different fabric could change the whole look entirely. However, even though I did make a mistake with this top, I feel it has been to my advantage. Without doing this, I wouldn't have known the effect of changing the fabric would be. I know now for future projects not to make this same mistake and buy enough of the fabric you want to use when you are there incase the shop doesnt have anymore when you go back! Don't get me wrong, I have really enjoyed this experience of using jersey! This project has been really good for me to be out of my comfort zone and use a different fabric which im not used to. Its going to help me loads in my next project which is the designer one, as my designer uses a lot of jersey in her collections. I feel that I will have an advantage of knowing how the fabric sews, how it drapes and many other of its characteristics. I look foward to using this fabric again!
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