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Cheap pattern, good value and easy too sew.
So I finally got around to finishing B5511. It's a pattern for knit fabric blouses. To be honest I got hella lazy and side tracked/distracted because have chronic Ooooooh Shiney Disorder (OSD hahaha). XD But I digress. The pattern is part of Butterick's See & Sew line. The line is normally priced around $2.99. Fairly inexpensive. So you do not have to wait for a pattern sale at your local crafts store. The off shoot Butterick line is it's easy to sew line of patterns. Maybe not as simple as Simplicity's sewing for dummies. Perhaps a step above it. The fabric in this project is is a stretch knit. I must confess I was super scared about handling it because I have never worked with knit before. Plus I do not have a serger at the moment. So I had to do so deep contemplation and build up some mondo courage before tackling it. More info on the fabric. I'm a Project Runway nerd. Like hard core (see my Thursday night tweets LOL). So I was super estastic with I found out that April Johnston had produced a line of patterns. You find them a various stores nationwide. I do know for a fact Jo-Anns does carry it seeing that is where I purchase mine. The name of the fabric Soho Plaid (black) .
Butterick B5511The pattern in itself was fairly simple. Two front pieces, one back, one cowl, and two sleeve parts (sleeve is one cut, wrong sides together to make a tube for the sleeve.) So not much cutting. The order of sewing went shoulders, cowl, side seams, sleeves, hem. Pretty fast. I procrastinated thus why it to me forever to complete it. As previously stated I do not have a serger. To sew this I used a straight stitch while I stretched the fabric. I finished the some of the sleeves and arm hems with a overedge stitch. Word of note I purchased this pattern at the wrong size. I had to manually re-size it so it may not fit perfectly. I decided to go with the shorter 3/4 sleeve variant. I guess it turned out okay. So Butterick rated this pattern at very easy. I disagree with that rating. IMO it should be rated as an easy because knit fabric add a slightly higher level of difficulty. And it is very likely that I WILL be reusing this pattern again.
Pattern: B5511 Fabric: knit Soho Plaid (black) Fabric by April Johnston