{"id":1299,"date":"2023-12-31T15:23:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T20:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2024-04-14T22:21:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T02:21:43","slug":"lakeisha-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/2023\/12\/31\/lakeisha-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeisha Top"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I saw the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellieandmac.com\/products\/lakeisha-cottage-crop-top-peplum-dress-pattern\">Ellie &amp; Mac Lakeisha Cottage Dress pattern<\/a> released a few months ago, I knew my 17-year-old daughter would love it. The pattern includes multiple sleeve and skirt options, as well as instructions for making a peplum top or crop top. It also includes instructions for a variety of modifications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My daughter asked for a longer version of the crop top with bishop sleeves and selected a maroon midweight soft polyester rib knit from my stash. I followed the suggestions from pattern tester Lindsey and added five-inches to the bottom and curved out the side seam about 1 inch to turn it into a top that could be tucked in. I hemmed the bottom rather than adding the elastic. I used 1\/4-inch elastic rather than 3\/8-inch elastic around the neck, because that&#8217;s what I had. Otherwise I followed the pattern as written. The instructions for choosing a size were good, and the bra-cup sizing for the upper bodice front worked well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3136.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3136-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3136-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3136-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3136-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3136-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3136.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My first attempt at sewing the upper bodice to the bottom bodice and clear elastic with my serger was a complete disaster, and rather than unpick the seams from those two small pieces, I cut them out again and started over. Getting the gathered top bodice, elastic and bottom bodice aligned under the serger needles was tricky but I succeeded the second time. I think it would probably have been easier with a smooth (not ribbed) fabric. After I figured that out, the rest of the top construction was fairly straight forward. I sewed most of the seams on my serger and used my sewing machine to sew the basting stitches for gathering, the elastic casing, the bottom hem, and the sleeve cuffs. I was going to use the serger for the cuffs but they are quite narrow and there wasn&#8217;t enough room to maneuver so I used my sewing machine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My daughter is very happy with her Lakeisha top! She especially likes the big bishop sleeves, which work really well in the rib knit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9233.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9233-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9233-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9233-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9233-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9233-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9233-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9233.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9229.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9229-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9229-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9229-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9229-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9229-420x300.jpg 420w, https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSCF9229.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I saw the new Ellie &amp; Mac Lakeisha Cottage Dress pattern released a few months ago, I knew my 17-year-old daughter would love it. The pattern includes multiple sleeve and skirt options, as well as instructions for making a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/2023\/12\/31\/lakeisha-top\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,66,64,74,47],"tags":[11,32],"class_list":["post-1299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ellie-and-mac","category-knit","category-sewing","category-top","category-wearables","tag-finished","tag-sewing-clothes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299","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=1299"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1307,"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions\/1307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}