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Super Vee Pullover

Monday, November 14, 2005

Title: Super Vee Pullover
Fabric: Fuschia anti-pill microfleece from stash
Embroidery: Dragonfly built into my Simplicity SE3 embroidery machine.

I'm calling this the Super Vee Pullover! It's for my super Mom. She wanted something warm to wear around the house this winter so that she could keep the heat turned down a bit. This fuschia microfleece just called out her name.

It took a bit longer than 30 minutes to make, but not much. When I was getting everything threaded up to sew, I decided it needed a little embroidery. I had first thought I'd put Mom's initial on it, but the one built into the machine was smaller than I wanted. Rather than go downstairs and write something on a card, I decided to put the little dragonfly that came on the machine.

She chose the v-neck and plans to wear a tank underneath. I'm afraid her neck will get cold... I may whip up a matching scarf or a cowl and send it along with the top.

To make this, I took my draft and gave it a bit more ease. I wanted to use a wide neckline binding of about 1.25" finished, so I backed all the neck widths away from the neck edge by that much.

• Garment Type= Blouse
• Style= Casual Blouse
• Closure= No Closure
• Front Neckline= V-Neck
• Back Neckline= Jewel
• Yoke= No Yoke
• Hemline Shape= Curved
• Darts= No Darts
• Upper Back Dart= No Darts
• Sideseam shape= Fitted
• Front Waist Darts=2
• Back Waist Darts=1
• Front Neckline Depth= 7
• Back Neckline Depth= 1.5
• Neckline Width= 2
• Neckline Point= 0
• Armhole Depth= 0
• Dart Override=0
• Side/Arm Point=-0.5
• Side/Hip Point=-0.5
• Finished Length= 24
• Flare= 0

• Upper Front Dart Length=1
• Upper Back Dart Length=1
• Lower Front Dart Length=4.75
• Lower Back Dart Length=5.75
• Back Shoulder Dart Length=3
• Sleeve Style= Set In
• Sleeve Underarm Seam= Tapered
• Sleeve Hemline Shape=Straight
• Sleeve Cap Ease=0.62
• Sleeve Length=23.5
• Sleeve Hem Circumference=8.5
• Sleeve Cap Height=0
• Back Armhole Shape Up=0.8 Clicks
• Collar Style= Collarless
• Chest Ease= 3.5
• Waist Ease= 3.25
• Hip Ease= 4.5

• Curved the V-neck to a slight arc
• Drafted a "cuff" rectangle
• Drafted a binding piece 3 inches by about 15% shorter than neckline length
• Mom is taller than I am, so I lengthened this 1 inch above the waist and 1 inch below.

I used the instructions for sewing a wide v-neck ribbing from the Stretch & Sew Guide to Sewing Knits to attach the self-binding. This ends up looking like a scrub top, I believe--one side overlaps the other. Mom's arms are longer than mine too, (do you see a trend here?) so I drafted a sleeve binding that's about 1.25" finished, mimicking the neckline binding.