First completed piece of clothing of 2014

Well it seems as though more should be accomplished by now but my faux Channel muslin is really taking a lot of time to get right.

layout and cutting out.Notice the altered FBA. First time for this...lets hope it works

catchstitching the seams

thread tracing and grainline marked. Cut out the long version

lining quilted to back

I had some grey knit fabric I have been wanting to make a turtleneck out of so that's  what I did. Usually I don't like the way all turtlenecks sleeves and body are too short for me. I am by no means tall ( 5'3") but still the shirts I had been buying from retail shops were boxy and unflattering. I had a pattern from Burda (young burda 7742) and altered it a bit by chopping off the sleeve cap to get rid of all the gathering ( yep that's what I did I just chopped it off ) and it worked like a charm. I had some twill tape from my scrapbooking stash and decided to use some in the shoulder seam.

  

For the shoulder seam I used twill tape that I found in my scrapbooking stash

  may not be clear elastic but I like the touch of the word there and it works for keeping my shoulders from stretching out of wack.

this is a shot of the pattern itself. I believe I got this to make shirts for my daughter but I like the fit also so I will make a few more... til next time:)