Burda style sweatshirt finished

 

This is the finished sweatshirt that I finally got the zips and neck done last week after months of me faffing around with this make. Its taken me nearly 12 months to finish this. It was one of my January 2024 ideas to make and I am happy to finally finish it in December so I am really still on track with last winter's planning. Also its perfect for the cold winter days we are having right now.

Its actually my first attempt at this top so I suppose this is really a wearable muslin. 

A month ago I would have said its a one off that I will never make again because its been a difficult make but now I finally have it finished I really like it.

Its not perfect - the pockets are sewn on rather wonky. 

But then only me will probably ever notice that and I have seen ready to wear thats worse made so not that bad really. 

I am just very aware I could have done that bit of sewing better!

All in all though I like this top so I am planning to make another one.

I very much like the "funnel" neck that's pulled in with a drawstring to make it fit right.

I like my contrast zips  and pull-cord and  toggles- though I spent the last 10 months wishing I had made my life easy and used matching ones but now finally finished they are great and I like them.

The hem band is a bit wider than the pattern says but that was actually intentional it being the middle of winter and me wanting warm. I think its ok and will be really good for keeping me warm with leggings etc. Next time though |I might use ribbing rather than the same fabric as the main sweatshirt because its quite bulky but it still works. 

And I can finally tick this one off my list of "to-makes" that seems to grow all the time and I seem to rarely actually make much of this wish list of patterns. 

Have a great week and wishing you all the ebst.

Thanks for popping by my blog,

Bracken