Grey Scoop Neck

Grey Scoop Neck
Originally uploaded by Tenuki Handcrafts

This morning's pre-gardening project was to sew up this grey slinky scoop neck top with 3/4 sleeves.

I purchased the fabric a while ago from Fashion Fabrics Club, intending to make a raglan sleeve cardigan but I have lost that pattern. So I went through my pattern stash and found McCalls 5105, which is top with neck and sleeve variations for knit fabrics.

I cut this out a few nights ago and whipped it up, even with double rows of stitching on all seams, finishing the hems with a row of zigzag, and inserting shoulder stays, improvised with seam binding. It took about 2 hours of sewing. 1 hour of cutting the pattern and the fabric.

Three hours for a new top, not bad!