Burda 7625..."Uhh, interesting"

Hello everyone!

I finally finished  Burda 7625!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cut a size 36 (US 10) out of some beautiful brown sweater knit purchased from Denver Fabrics.  The fabric itself has a nice drape, and is soft to the touch.  It has a moderate amount of stretch, and was easy to sew.

I must say that this top fits me quite well.  I made no adjustments to the fit, since the size 10 measurements were spot on for me.  Going forward I may look into adding a little more ease in the sleeves, but it is not bothersome that they fit snug.  Also, there is still a lot of movement that I can't really capture with a photo. Compared to the pattern photo, my version looks similar, but I am definitely missing a lot of the gathering that the model's shirt has.

For the record, I would like to state that gathering is not my favorite thing to do.  I am not bad at it, I just don't get excited when I see a garment has gathers.  I always wonder "am I gathering too much" or "am I gathering too little" or even "do those gathers look evenly spaced?"   And then when I get my gathers set perfectly, I stress because I just know they will move when I sew them!!!!  Can't gathers just stay where you want them to??

Anyhow, some of the techniques you will use for this shirt include: darts, facings, and gathering.  The Raglan sleeves made the construction even easier, and the bat wings are a fun feature.  My only design change was to leave the front tab off.  It just didn't look right to me.

Overall, I will give Burda credit, because this pattern was a pleasure to sew.  The instructions were easy to follow, and the fit surprised me.  I will definitely sew a Burda pattern again!! Now whether or not this shirt is wearable, that remains to be seen.  It is starting to grow on me each time I put it on, yet I do think this kind of style is more "out of the box" for me.  

Stay sew-filled!!