A 70’s Simplicity pattern

Then and Now. 70’s Simplicity pattern. Photo by Bejoy Sanjeev. Samples made by me. Everything created by KellyDawn Riot.

Recently I discovered the joy of working from a simplicity pattern. From it I discovered the perfect way to produce a V-neck. A V-neck tunic with a collar and facing. Ahhh! I’ve avoided one off these for a long time. However the instructions from the bought pattern were there for me to refer to and they were very clear.

The original instructions tell you to stitch, and then double stitch, between the two dots. For me this meant two stitches!?

Two stitches!? Surely not? Surely you need to sew to a perfect V point!?

But no!? I stitched exactly as they said and produced the most manageable , perfect V ever.

Just goes to show, in the world of sewing you can learn and go on learning. This is one of my favourite tips

Who would think that a Perfect V would be created from TWO stitches, and this made it very much easier to snip into turn through and press.

photos by Bejoy Sanjeev

The images above are from the new menswear collection “formication” by KellyDawn Riot.

First version of my refashion using the two stitch V- neck technique.

These V-neck shapes are much softer than that of the simplicity pattern, but the technique still works really well!