Dreams of summer

I highly recommend this pattern. I made the jumpsuit up for a late summer break, and wanted something to wear in the heat that would be comfortable but also look good, and I really got that with this jumpsuit. I made it up in a drapey viscose – I’m not a huge fan of working with viscose, so don’t have too much experience of working with it so was a bit apprehensive. I spray starched the entire 3 metre piece to stop it shifting around so much. I was mostly successful – I managed to cut it all out with minimal shifting, I inserted the zipper without any problems, and it was pretty easy to sew up.

In terms of changes to the pattern, I did a slight FBA of 3/4inch on each side to improve the fit (I always have to FBA, and this was quite a small FBA for me). As I was short on time when making it (and short on fabric) instead of making the belt within the pattern from the same fabric, I opted for the time saving method of using a piece of jersey thread I had in my stash from Wool and the Gang – I think it’s Jersey be good. I think the white against the blue gives a nice nautical touch to it, and looked great by the river in Porto…you’ll have to check out the blog post to see more photos, including the river! There’s more about the toile-ing I did in advance of making, and about how quickly I (sew SLOW Sarah) managed to sew it up!

Closet case patterns: Amy jumpsuit

I’ll definitely be making more, I think it’d be great in a warmer fabric to wear in winter – Heather’s recent posts on a velvet version really caught my eye. I’m also thinking of doing a hack to use the top half to make a cami – the wide straps are great.