Sublime Shell – Printed Pattern | Style Falcon

So simple, yet so versatile, the Sublime Shell pairs well with jackets and cardigans, trousers and skirts. Sew it up in drapey woven fabrics such as lawn, crepe, georgette, voile or chiffon. Sewers will reach for it time and again to create layers, or even to wear on its own.

This top has raglan sleeves and a slight shirttail hem. Bust and back shoulder darts help sewers achieve a great fit in woven fabric. A keyhole back with button sews up quickly.

View A is a cap-sleeved top with a bias-bound neckline. Sewers can bind the neckline with the same fabric as the top, or use a contrasting fabric to create dimension.

View B is a short-sleeved top with a neckline facing, for a dressier look.

The pattern package includes all 11 sizes of the pattern, printed in black ink on one folded sheet of sturdy paper, not tissue. The package also includes a black-and-white stapled paper instruction booklet and a full-color paper quick start guide with fashion illustrations, technical drawings, size charts and a list of materials to sew the pattern. The size charts list body measurements and finished pattern measurements. The quick start guide also provides a description of the pattern and an explanation of Style Falcon's cut and fit. All measurements and instructions are provided in Imperial and metric units.

Designed by Style Falcon, an independent American pattern company founded by home sewist Diane Scarponi in New Haven, Connecticut. Every Style Falcon pattern is drafted for a mature figure: little bust-to-waist definition, lower bust points and a C cup (the average for women 55 and over in the US), more room at the tummy, hip and bicep, and a center-back seam with rounded-back and forward-shoulder shaping. Pattern lines and markings are bold and easy to read, and ⅝ in (1.5 cm) seam allowances and hems are included.

📏 Sizing

11 sizes, A–K, all included in the envelope
Bust: 34–48 in (86.5–122 cm)
Waist: 33–47 in (84–119.5 cm)
Hips: 40–54 in (101.5–137 cm)
Proportioned for a height of 5'4" (163 cm). Choose your size by bust measurement. The top is fitted at the shoulders, semi-fitted at the bust and straight-cut to the high hip. Finished bust is 41–55 in (104–140 cm) and finished back length 26–26½ in (66–67 cm). Full size and finished-measurement charts are in the quick start guide.

🧵 Skill Level

Easy, as rated by Style Falcon.

🪡 Fabric

Light, drapey wovens such as lawn, voile, georgette, crepe, challis or chiffon. Amounts assume a with-nap layout, so you may need a little less if your fabric has no one-way design.
View A (cap sleeves, bias-bound neckline): sizes A–F 1⅝ yd of 45" or 1⅛ yd of 60" wide fabric (1.5 m of 114 cm or 1 m of 152 cm); sizes G–K 1⅞ yd or 1¼ yd (1.7 m or 1.2 m).
View B (short sleeves, faced neckline): sizes A–F 1¾ yd of 45" or 1¼ yd of 60" (1.6 m of 114 cm or 1.2 m of 152 cm); sizes G–K 2 yd or 1⅝ yd (1.8 m or 1.5 m).

🔘 Notions

Matching thread; one button, ½–¾ in (1.25–2 cm), for the keyhole back; about 1 yd (1 m) of ⅜ in (1 cm) wide stay tape or fusible interfacing to stabilize the neckline.
View A (optional): 1 yd (1 m) of contrasting double-fold bias binding, or make the binding from the same fabric as the top.
View B: about 1 yd (1 m) of interfacing for the facings.

Pattern format: Printed · Language: English · Designed and printed in the USA

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