If you haven’t downloaded the Peppermint Peplum Top, then go now! First off, it’s FREE! Secondly, it’s super cute. Here’s a link to the Peplum top or you can just google Peppermint Magazine Peplum Top. I did make a few adjustments to mine, but you can sew it up as is if you like.
I sewed this up with a stable knit fabric, a remnant from a project I did a year ago. Since I made this with a stretchy knit and not a woven, per the instructions, I knew that I could take it in a bit. I cut a size small based off the measurements in the instructions. I did add an inch or so to the bottom part of the bodice and took a bit off of the ruffle section (basically I ran out of fabric) by an inch on front and back.
As you can see in this picture, I added darts to make the bottom of the bodice not so wide. I used another pattern that had darts and just used that to modify this one. After I tried it on mid sew, they ended up a bit lower than I wanted. I then took the shoulders in a bit more ~1/4″ to help. Also, you will notice some extra shoulder pieces in the pattern. I just cut that in half and added that portion to the front and back bodice. I didn’t really see a point in the extra sewing it involved.
This pattern required a good bit of understitching with the binding. Luckily I had learned that from the Alice Pattern and knew what I was doing…or so I thought! When I added the binding to the first arm piece, I went ahead and did the understitching right away. Come to find out, I had put the binding on backwards! Ugh, so now I had to seam rip 2 rounds of stitches!
I finished all the binding, including the super, not-so-friendly V-cut part! So I tried to follow the pattern on the neck binding, but that v-cut part was just not working out. I ended up ripping open some seams they said to sew and got it lay flat. As hard as the neck binding was, it was worth it. It is SUPER CUTE on! And yes, I know, I did not line up the fabric very well on the back. I thought I had, but I guess not!
I serged all the seams, except the side ones as you can see. Luckily this is a knit, so I won’t unravel. If you don’t have a serger, I suggest a zigzag stitch to prevent unraveling on a woven fabric.
Isn’t the back super cute! It has the perfect cut on the back, not too low, but deep enough to add some flair!
