{"id":79143,"date":"2022-06-01T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=79143"},"modified":"2022-06-01T15:15:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:15:05","slug":"melanies-enmore-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2022\/06\/melanies-enmore-top.html","title":{"rendered":"melanie’s enmore top"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melanie<\/a> from the Advisors Circle tweaked the Enmore Top<\/a> with a slight variation to get a runway inspired look. Here she is to talk about how she modified the pattern.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Inspiration<\/h2>\n

I saw the new Enmore pattern and immediately thought of some designer makes that have appeared on my Pinterest boards recently. I knew that this pattern could be easily hacked into a summer top, inspired specifically by this Chanel blouse.<\/p>\n

\"Liesl<\/a>
link<\/a> and link<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Making the Variation<\/h2>\n

To create a similar look, I used a silky poly for the body of the top, and some black linen for the collar. I chose a facing pattern from a dress I knew fit me closely around the neck, Butterick 6655, and used that as my collar pattern, adding extra seam allowance to the bottom of the facing. I cut two, and interfaced one of them.<\/p>\n

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

I put the collar together, leaving gaps where the top of the shoulders and neckline would be tucked in. When I turned it, I pressed under the seam allowances of the gaps to make sure I had a nice even curve to the collar.<\/p>\n

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

Adapting the Enmore top was fairly straight forward. I laid the collar on my neck and measured up from where the original pattern would have ended. Since I am fairly short between my shoulder and bust, I only had to add on an inch in height. That had to be added to front, back and the shelf bra pieces too. I also raised the armhole by 3\/4″ just for a bit more coverage.<\/p>\n

This also changed the construction order slightly. l sewed on the shelf bra, leaving the tops of the shoulders and front open, then understitched. The open top edges were then basted together, and I sewed the outer layer of the collar to the body of the top, pressing the seam up into the collar and hand-stitching down the interior edges. You could also just pin those spots, and topstitch the entire collar if you like the look of topstitching. I wanted a smooth collar with no visible stitching so went with the extra bit of hand stitching on the inside.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

Finally I sewed on two small buttons at the back collar and made thread loops for them.<\/p>\n

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

Final Look<\/h2>\n

I think that this is a fun variation on the pattern, and requires very little adaptation to make it work.<\/p>\n

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

If I had some sparkly pink tweed in the stash, I could have gone full Chanel — but I think this version works too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Melanie was inspired by a look from the spring runway. As soon as she saw the Enmore Top she new that she could make a slight variation to get the look!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21347,"featured_media":79168,"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":[20783,20859],"class_list":["post-79143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-advisors-circle","tag-enmore"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Liesl-Co-Hero-Melanie-Enmore.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-kAv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":79662,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2022\/08\/lyndseys-enmore-dress.html","url_meta":{"origin":79143,"position":0},"title":"lyndsey’s enmore dress","author":"Lyndsey Stanfill","date":"August 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"We love the drama Lyndsey added to the Enmore Halter Dress with a simple pattern alteration. 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