Sinclair Patterns Lauren Knit Top and Dress

I really loved testing the newest pattern from Sinclair Patterns. This is the Lauren Top and Dress and I love how flattering it is. Sinclair Patterns provides petite, regular, and tall sizing for all of their patterns. That was especially helpful to have for this pattern. It can be exceedingly difficult to remove (or add) length to patterns that have odd shaped pattern pieces and still get them to fit together properly with the removed or added length. I made the Top version of the Lauren.

This is the first version that I made of the Lauren. I used a cheap poly knit with 2 way stretch. I was concerned that the silhouette was not going to look good on my pear shaped body and I was hesitant to use any of my "good" fabric to make one.

But, I had nothing to fear. After I took these photos, I loved how I looked in the Lauren. I thought it was very flattering on me.

This initial version is hemmed and I did feel like adding a band for just a little more length would be better style wise for me, but a band was not offered as an option in the initial pattern test.

The Lauren has a series of pleats at the shoulder and opposing side at the waist. I think it helps accentuate my curves in just the right way.

I feel like the pleats coming from the waist help minimize my fluff in that area.

I feel like it has a very slimming effect.

Right after the photos above, I jumped right in to make another Lauren. This time I grabbed a rayon spandex blend jersey. This fabric had some vertical stretch where the poly jersey above did not.

The Rayon jersey hangs a bit more and is a bit clingy. I'm wearing a heart monitor for the entire month of January. I had the neck strap tucked into my bra in the photos above and below. In the photo below you can make out the rectangular shape of the monitor hanging by my belly. You could not detect it in the poly jersey version above.

I still love this version too, but will probably try to adjust the under layer a bit so that it sits higher above my bust as intended.

I added the bottom band to this Lauren. As you can see, it is noticeably longer. This is partially due to the band and partially due to the fabric having vertical stretch.  I really love it this length.

 

The Lauren is on sale for $8.99 through January 23. 

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