Itch to Stitch Tallinn Top & Dress Pattern

I told myself that I needed to scale back on testing this year and to avoid temptation, I did leave many of my testing groups. One of the few I remained in was the Itch to Stitch tester group. Kennis Wong does an amazing job pretesting patterns before sending them  to testers and rarely has to make any revisions. I typically only have to make a fit garment (which is almost always wearable) and a final garment. This time was no different. Below is my fit garment of the Tallinn Top & Dress.

The top is fitted with princess seams in the front and back. I say fitted, but it is mainly fitted in the bust and waist and the hips are semi fitted.

This is a cool weather top with only long sleeves included in the pattern.  However, it is quite easy to hack any sleeve length you would want. I know I'll be making a few with a cap or short sleeve for this summer. I might even make a tank version.

Kennis rarely makes mistakes, but when she gave us the pattern the bust sizing was off by one size. So this test garment is one size to small for my bust, but it's still wearable. I will likely let this one hang in my closet until October and maybe I'll lose enough weight by then that it will fit my bust perfectly.

For my fit garment I removed 1" from the length at the upper lengthen/shorten line. This was to get the line indicating the waist to where my waist is.

After hemming I thought I could have used that inch I removed added back to the length. This length isn't necessarily "bad", but I do prefer just a tiny bit longer. I'm wearing my Itch to Stitch Samara Pants with my Tallinn Top. I made these in a denim from Minerva and love them!

Here is my final Tallinn Top. This one is the correct size for my bust and after removing the 1" from the top lengthen/shorten line, I added an inch to the lower lengthen/shorten line.

I used a poly spandex jersey for this one in a funky geometric print  in fall colors. Spring will be here soon and I knew I wouldn't get to wear these much until the fall. It was 81 the day I took these photos and now in the upper 40's as I write this blog post.

If you are a fan of Lularoe clothing, you might recognize this fabric. It's deadstock that I bought in the Dallas fabric district a few years ago.

The neckline on the Tallinn is done as a binding with it being finished by stitching  in the ditch of the seam. I found that I am not very good at stitching in the ditch on a knit going  in a curve. My stitching did not stay in the ditch. Hopefully no one looks that close at my neckline when I'm wearing my top.

The Tallinn has a front center seam, but the back is cut on the fold. Both sides have princess seams for shaping. Even though this top have several pieces, it goes together really quick.

The Tallinn also has a peplum and dress option in the pattern. I cannot wait to try the peplum version. The pattern is on sale for 20% off ($9.60) through 02/26/2020.

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