Big Sleeve Love
Oh, I love puffy, ruffly, princess sleeves. Probably because I'm a girly girl. So, of course, I had to make McCalls 6164, a new addition to their line this fall. I made view A with the ruched sleeves. The ruching was impressively simple, with a short length of elastic fitted into a casing sewn on the inside of the sleeve.
The hardest part of the top was the narrow hem around the neckline; I think I would rather have done a neck binding, which would have been easy with this knit fabric. But the narrow hem looks nice, of course, and was worth the trouble.
I wear this top to work a lot, with a simple black skirt. I'm looking forward to making other views from this pattern, as there are several variations of the puffy sleeve. I think view F is going to be up next!
Gosh, I had told myself, no more puffy sleeves for me, but seeing this, I might need to reconsider!
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