{"id":67296,"date":"2018-10-25T07:07:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T11:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=67296"},"modified":"2018-10-25T07:07:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T11:07:31","slug":"liesls-neighborhood-sweatshirt-hoodie-tops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2018\/10\/liesls-neighborhood-sweatshirt-hoodie-tops.html","title":{"rendered":"liesl’s neighborhood sweatshirt + hoodie tops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello friends!<\/p>\n

I hope you enjoyed the Hollywood Trousers sew-along<\/a>! I’d love to see them when you finish, and keep in mind that the sew-along will be waiting for you any time you want to go back to it. Especially if you didn’t have time to join us this time around.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I went hunting for fabric for my own wished-for creamy-white wool Hollywood Trousers<\/a> but could only find poly-wool blends, so they are on hold for the time being. (Never fear, I have plenty of other Hollywood Trousers to wear in the meantime. It’s not like I don’t have any clothes….)<\/p>\n

Since the sew-along is finished, I thought I’d show you a couple of very easy, very fast Neighborhood raglan tops<\/a> I’ve sewn for myself lately. The first one is a lightweight striped jersey that S and I found during a trip to Mood New York last summer. We both loved the fabric, so we bought a few yards of it.<\/p>\n

\"Liesl's<\/a><\/p>\n

To make this one I combined the View A sleeves with the View B body. I also eliminated the hem bands, lengthening the body by an extra 3 or 4 inches to make up for absence of the bands. And because I wanted a slightly oversized, slouchy look I sewed a medium instead of my usual small. Oh, and I cut the neckband to be a little narrower. I love the extra-long sleeves!<\/p>\n

Also, just for fun, I hemmed this one in red thread using the reverse side of Shelley’s faux flatlock tutorial<\/a>. Sadly, I couldn’t loosen my stitches any more than this so the stitching doesn’t show as much as I would have liked, but I love this effect and plan to use it a lot more in the future.<\/p>\n

\"Liesl's<\/a><\/p>\n

The second Neighborhood top I wanted to show you is sewn in a linen sweater knit. Have you ever wondered what to do with those sweater knits you sometimes see in fabric stores? Here’s your answer. This linen is a fine gauge that’s relatively densely knitted so it’s quite stable. (S noticed another larger-gauge, more drapey sweater-y sweater knit in my stash the other day, and we’re considering making it into another Neighborhood top with faux leather shoulders for her. I’ll show you that if\/when I sew it. There are several other items in queue for her right now as well, including faux leather leggings like mine<\/a>, so who knows when I’ll get to it.) In any case, I wanted you to see what this style looks like in a sweater knit since that could be another option for this style. I saw a lot of sweater knits in our local fabric store, so keep your eyes open for good sweater knits.<\/p>\n

\"Liesl's<\/a><\/p>\n

For this style I used the View A sleeves with the View B body, but I included the hem bands so there are very few changes to this style.<\/p>\n

\"Liesl's<\/a><\/p>\n

\"try<\/a><\/p>\n

Both of these sew up extremely quickly, and the striped tee is my absolute favorite thing to wear right now. But I have a feeling S is going to steal it from me the minute I take it off….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liesl shares two Neighborhood Sweatshirt + Hoodie tops she has sewn for herself recently–one in a striped jersey and the other in a neutral sweater knit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":67313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20799],"class_list":["post-67296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-neighborhood-sweatshirt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/neighborhood-tees.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-hvq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66983,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2018\/10\/october-sew-along-vote.html","url_meta":{"origin":67296,"position":0},"title":"october sew-along vote","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"October 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Which new Liesl + Co. pattern would you like to sew for our October sew-along? 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