Waterfall Raglans all round

The women’s version of the waterfall raglan by Chalk and Notch patterns came up for testing and after making the kid’s version for my youngest last year I was keen to give it a try.

That said, I was also a little nervous about the silhouette having had a not successful  (at all) attempt with a similar shape a couple of years ago. Happily though by choosing fabric with plenty of drape I was pleased with the results.

For my first version I made a size 4  with long sleeves in peach marl wool mix jersey from Ditto Fabrics.

For the second version I used a size 2 and a slightly sheer woven black silk (from Simply Fabrics) with plenty of horizontal stretch for a 3/4 sleeve version. I changed the neckline binding for a bias binding method but (as you can see in the pictures) still struggled to get it to sit flat. I tried re-doing it with more tension in the bias binding which didn’t improve it so I then decided to be happy with it as is.

The jeans in the photos are Ginger Jeans, by Closet Case Patterns, made (but not blogged) a couple of months ago in coated black (but clearly a very different colour black to the silk) denim. The Women’s Waterfall Raglan pattern is on sale (25% off) until Sunday (22nd January).

The other testers made some lovely versions in all different colours, patterns and sizes; you can see some of them here.

My youngest’s shirt has proved such a wardrobe staple that I also decided to make some more of the kid’s version. For my eldest I graded between a 10 in height and a 5 in width and used some amazing jersey with print by Eley Kishimoto which I also bought in Simply Fabrics.My youngest, who was with me in the fabric shop at the time picked out an even louder print by the same designers. I made a straight size 4 in the longest length sleeves I could manage with half a metre of fabric.

Which she loves!