Sew By Vintage: Style 1825 - New Armhole Hiccup

It's probably more than a hiccup truth be told. From my last post, when I drafted a facing to face the armhole of View 4 Style 1825 so that I didn't have to use the messy binding method, I failed to notice that (as it wasn't faced to begin with!) it didn't have a seam allowance on the original pattern piece. The binding was supposed to be attached on top. Yes, unfortunately, this meant I attached the new facing WITH a 1.5cm seam allowance. I couldn't figure out why the dress looked like a top that could fit my 14 month old rather than a dress for a 6 month old. It was because adding the 1.5cm allowance made the armholes much too large for the garments proportions. Oh well, lesson learned.

It's finished now and to me, looks like a top with a smallish neckline. I did try it on Lola (in an attempt to console myself for spending many hours on this failed newborn gift!) and it does look completely adorable but when she moves it strikes me as being small enough around the neck to possibly annoy her. So to salvage it I will unpick the slip stitching on the inside yoke facing, turn it inside out and measure out half of the yoke width (which will neatly remove the top button hole too) and re-sew the neckline. A bit of a pesky job but worth it to end up with a lovely new top for Lola.