{"id":78635,"date":"2022-03-30T06:47:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T10:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=78635"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:16:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T01:16:14","slug":"a-winter-terrace-in-knit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2022\/03\/a-winter-terrace-in-knit.html","title":{"rendered":"a winter terrace in knit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melanie<\/a>\u00a0is checking in from the Advisors Circle to show off the lined Terrace Dress<\/a> she made in a stable knit fabric. She’s got some tips for making your own version.<\/em><\/p>\n

One of my favorite Liesl + Co. patterns is the Terrace Dress<\/a>. I’ve made a few versions, and love the way it fits me and how comfortable it is to wear.<\/p>\n

So when I was trying to figure out what to do with an unusual knit in my stash, I decided it would be perfect for a lined winter Terrace Dress. I really like the colorful print of my fabric, but it is a lightweight stable knit with no vertical stretch and almost no crosswise stretch either. Adapting a woven pattern seemed like a good fit for it.<\/p>\n

I made my usual size in the Terrace (size medium at bust, grading to large at hips) with a few small adaptations for a knit. I narrowed the neckline slightly, and narrowed the lower sleeve a lot. I took about 1 1\/2″ off each side at the wrist, angling up to nothing where it meets the sleeve seam on the body of the dress. Because this is a knit, I wanted to have snugger sleeves that I could scrunch up.<\/p>\n

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Creating a sleeve that could be scrunched also changed the order of construction. I wanted the lower sleeve to remain unlined in order to retain its low level of stretch (although if you have a sweater knit or something scratchy, you could line the entire sleeve).<\/p>\n

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Another adaptation was that I cut the lining a scant 1\/4″ wider at the side seams, grading to nothing halfway up the armscye. The reason for this is to give the lining a little more “give” under the dress so I wouldn’t end up straining it. While this is more important in a closely fitted dress, I like the way it allows the lining to move and shift with you, so I added it in here as well.<\/p>\n

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I sewed up both the dress and the lining’s shoulder and side seams, then pinned them wrong sides together. I basted the edges together at the neck and the armhole, and finished the neckline with the bias facing as directed in the pattern itself. This isn’t strictly necessary; you could finish the neckline with the lining, then understitch and flip to the inside. I don’t like that technique, though, since my lining always peeks out no matter how carefully I understitch. So I’ve taken to adding the facings over the lining. I really like the tidy contrast finish it gives as well!<\/p>\n

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To get the lower sleeves on after this, I needed to set in the sleeves rather than attaching them flat. This required a bit of fussy pinning and careful easing at the sleeve cap, but it turned out well. I could then finish the sleeve seam and press toward the lower sleeve, and still keep the bottom half scrunchable.<\/p>\n

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I had just enough fabric to cut the pockets and a sash that was slightly narrower than the pattern piece. I am quite short, so I moved the pocket placement up by 2″ to suit my shorter arms; it’s something to watch for when you’re petite.<\/p>\n

I stitched nearly all the seams with a straight stitch, but used a very narrow zigzag for the only part that would require stretch, the sleeve hems. I sewed it all up on my regular sewing machine using a ballpoint needle.<\/p>\n

I really like how the dress feels on. It’s cozy, and yet it doesn’t cling to tights or to itself thanks to the silky lining. The lining adds a bit of structure and warmth to this light knit and makes it very winter-friendly.<\/p>\n

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If you have a knit with more stretch, you might want to size down slightly. The only sizing adaptations I made were to narrow the sleeves and neckline, since my stable knit was really acting more like a stretch woven here. I think that the simple lines of the Terrace once again allow a great print to shine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our advisor, Melanie, made a lined Terrace Dress in a stable knit. She’s showing it off in this post along with some tips for sewing your own in knit fabric.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6023,"featured_media":78694,"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":[20783,20790],"class_list":["post-78635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-advisors-circle","tag-terrace-dress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/knit-terrace-hero-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-ksj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69786,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2019\/05\/loris-rush-hour-blouse.html","url_meta":{"origin":78635,"position":0},"title":"lori’s rush hour blouse","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"May 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Lori is here to tell us all about her Rush Hour Blouse that she sewed for herself.","rel":"","context":"In "general post"","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lrushhourbF.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":64999,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2018\/03\/introducing-the-liesl-co-terrace-dress-sewing-pattern.html","url_meta":{"origin":78635,"position":1},"title":"introducing the liesl + co. terrace dress sewing pattern","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"March 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Introducing the new Liesl + Co. 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