#neapolitan pullover

Sew News October/November 2020

This issue has several patterns as you can see from the cover as well as several technical articles. There is the tote on the cover, plus two other bags, all of them relatively simple and good for the beginning sewer.

Bianca Springer shows you how to make the Neapolitan Pullover a fuzzy hoodie perfect for fall days. Of course, you can do a different kind of pieced pattern if you simply apply the principles but change the shapes of the pieces.

Meg Healy explains seaming with sheer fabric using the orange jacket you see in silk organza, but again, the techniques can be applied to any pattern and sheer fabric. Pamela Howard writes a step-by-step primer on the tailoring technique of bound buttonhole with ample illustrations. For you first try, I would suggest a softer textures wool, not hard like a gabardine, but not liable to unravel like a loosely woven tweed. A softer wool will have come of the needed pliability, stability, and a little texture can hide smaller mistakes.

There is also a big floor poof made of pieces denim from old jeans, an upcycling effort; a short tutorial on basic hand embroidery stitches, two features on cosplay which is form of theater costuming. The usual advice columns and new products columns appear too. So plenty to learn several patterns for beginners, and advice for improving your technical skills.