{"id":1271,"date":"2024-01-04T16:37:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T21:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/?p=1271"},"modified":"2024-04-14T22:20:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T02:20:59","slug":"bishop-sleeves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/2024\/01\/04\/bishop-sleeves\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Sleeves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been seeing lots of bishop sleeves tops so I decided to make some using the Sinclair puffed sleeve add-on pack<\/a> and the Sinclair Bondi classic fitted t-shirt <\/a>patterns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First I made bishop Bondi for myself using sangria microsuede jersey knit<\/a> from Surge Fabrics. This is a soft polyester-spandex jersey knit with 50% horizontal and vertical stretch. It is not very thick, but it still has a warm, cozy feel to it on the inside. It was easy to work with a drapes very nicely but has a terrible tendency to be clingy. It behaved a little bit better after I sprayed it with anti-static spray, but it was still more clingy than I would like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made the Bondi in my usual 4P size with my usual hip adjustments and screwp neck<\/a>. The bishop sleeves are cut wide at the wrist and gathered before attaching cuffs. I used a long stitch on my sewing machine and pulled the threads to gather. I sewed on the cuffs to the sleeve with my serger. This is not in the instructions, but I stretched the cuffs after they were sewn on to pop the gathering stitches and then pulled out the loose threads. I figured that would inevitably happen when I wore it so I might as well do it now and keep the cuffs nice and stretchy. I love both the look and the feel while wearing of bishop sleeve cuffs made from a folded piece of knit fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made the second bishop Bondi for my mother. I had extra ITY fabric from a Joanne dress<\/a> I made last year with a beautiful blue swirly pattern that I love. My mother has commented multiple times how much she likes that fabric so I decided to use it to make her a top. This was the first top I sewed for her and I sewed it based on her measurements. She doesn’t live near me so I wasn’t able to check the fit until she tried it on later. She reports that it is very comfortable and the fit is perfect!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was so happy with the way my mother’s bishop Bondi came out in ITY fabric that I decided to make myself one. I have a purple suit (I didn’t make it, but I bought it on sale from Banana Republic Factory and tailored the pants myself to fit better) and have been looking for a print blouse to wear with it. I scoured lots of online fabric stores for a nice ITY print with royal purple in it. I found this print at StylishFabric.com, an online fabric store I had not previously noticed. My bishop Bondi goes perfectly with my purple suit and is much more comfortable wear with a suit than a traditional woven, button-down blouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love these bishop-sleeve tops and I’m sure there will be more! See also the Lakeisha top<\/a> I made for my daughter, which has bishop sleeves too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been seeing lots of bishop sleeves tops so I decided to make some using the Sinclair puffed sleeve add-on pack and the Sinclair Bondi classic fitted t-shirt patterns. First I made bishop Bondi for myself using sangria microsuede jersey … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,64,70,74,47],"tags":[11,32],"class_list":["post-1271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knit","category-sewing","category-sinclair-patterns","category-top","category-wearables","tag-finished","tag-sewing-clothes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1271"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1334,"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271\/revisions\/1334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}