Yellow Top - Burda 7/09, #122B

So Far, So Good

Since it has been raining here, we actually stayed home for the day!  That means that I've been able to get to work on the yellow top and have made good progress so far and should be able to finish it up tomorrow. 

Once I got all the interfacing to stabilize shoulders and hems fused in place and all the neck trim strips pressed, I was able to then do the prep work for the attaching the neck strips.  Considering that I had a v-back I needed to carefully prepare that area.  To do this, I used the instructions from Jalie 2805, the women's t-shirt pattern that includes a v-neck option.  Since this neckline in the back was the same, the directions should work nicely.  Here are a part of Jalie's instructions for reference:

I prepped the v-shape on the back by fusing a square of interfacing at the point and then staystitching up to the point, pivoting at the point and then stitching beyond it.  I clipped to the point and put a tiny dot of fray check on it for a little extra insurance against fraying.  The neckbands were also prepped by pinning them together at right angles and basting them together.

Then, the neckband unit was basted in place to the neck opening, just in the v-shape area.  With that complete, I could stitch each side of the v-shape and along the entire neck opening.  Each side was stitched separately.  You can see in the photo below, that I've only stitched the one side.

Here's what it looks like finished:

Once that was done, I got the sleeves in place and one of the side seams done.  The other side seam will be done once I finish the work with the ties. 

The ties are made and have been basted in place, one at the side seam and one on the front edge.  The front edge one is actually stitched in place, and will be further held in place when the hemming on the front edge is complete. 

After that, I just need to stitch that other side seam and finish the rest of the hems.

Parting Shot:  Earrings.  I've started some bead embroidery earrings for my daughter - I should be able to get these done in the next few evenings.  I just need to finish the edges and add the fringe!