Style Arc Ethel Designer Top

A photo session before work!

I think I am in love with Style Arc patterns! Third on the trot and I love it

Style Arc describe this top as:

A gorgeous boxy shaped top with angled design lines that gives your wardrobe a new and fashionable look. The wide facings gave this top structure and style. This top has been cleverly structured to cover the top of your arms whilst not losing an of the design elements

The fabric is a lovely Sevenberry seersucker I bought on line from Raystitch. I love the little fish with their tiny fishhook tails

 

I bought 1.5m. Of this fabric, it’s 110cm wide so less than the 1.7m recommended, but as I cut the front and back sections across rather than along the fabric I managed easily

I finished the edges with my overlocker and used white thread to topstitch the diagonal sections and added another row of stitches close to the neck to hold the facing flat. All of the facings then had a row of topstiching holding them in place in a matching thread

The facings on the sleeve are a bit of a pickle as there aren’t any diagrams on the pattern. The facings are attached and are sewn down to the point where the seam meets the side seam. The side seam is then sewn up to meet that point (fold the facings up and you can see where you need to go)

The bottom bit of the facings are then folded inwards, and are sewn by hand. I added a couple of stitches through the layers to stop the sleeve opening pulling at the seam

Really pleased with my fish placement at the front, worth the time measuring and checkingIt’s a beautiful sunny day here in Wiltshire, so off to work in my fishy creation ✂️🐟🐠