Butterick 5645

After I finished Logan's 'g' shirt, I threaded up the machines in white thread to get ready to sew my 2-In-1 Sewalong dress. The muslin is fitted and I'm ready to cut, but I just wasn't ready to dive in to another dress just yet. So I pulled out a few pieces of knit fabric that I could sew up with white and went to town, knit top style.

This is Butterick 5645, which has been sitting in the stash a while. I really like the cowl neckline and the lace insets on the sleeves. I'm not sure why it took me so long to sew it up.

The fabric is a rayon jersey in a ikat style print. Last summer it seemed like all of the fabric vendors had this fabric available in this colorway as well as a red/coral one. This particular piece is from fabric.com. It is a little bit curly and slippery, so not the easiest to sew, but not too bad.

The fun part of this pattern is the lace sleeve inset. It is basically just a godet made of stretch lace. Mine is a teal Giselle stretch lace from fabric.com. I underlined the lace with plain white modal jersey, since I didn't want it to be see through, but I didn't want the ikat print to compete with the lace.

I'm very happy with this top overall. The jersey is super soft and comfortable. The style is fun and I love the touch of lace at the shoulder. My one big dislike is that the back neckline is slightly dropped, and the whole top slides forward on my shoulders, which takes the cowl neckline from sassy but modest to indecent and showing belly button. I'm thinking I'll add some bra strap holders and see if that eliminates the slippage.