Mine ALL Mine!!!!

I remember that line from a cartoon character or some villain in a movie.  Well that's how I feel about my sewing collection (or as my daughter calls it "stuff").

As I continue to go thru my sewing stash, I just found that I have several older editions of Vogue Patterns Magazines (back to 2009).  I kept them for articles that I was interested in.  I hate to throw them away, but at the same time I don't have any place to store them:

All of my sewing magazine from 1990 to present: Creative Needle, Sew Beautiful,  Burda,  Patrones, etc.

So voila!  My printer is also a flatbed scanner:

So I proceeded to take apart the pages, and scan in entire issues of Vogue Patterns magazine from 2012.

The only space it uses is disk space (and I have a 500G usb drive) so that's not a problem

 In the infamous words of the A-team: I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER!!!!

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On the Sewing front, I just completed this pattern, Kwik Sew 4027:

I made view A with the shorter sleeves.

Kwik Sew K4027

Pattern Description: Close fitting, pullover tops have V-neckline with self fabric neckband with raw edges and stitched hems. View A has full length sleeves. View B has short sleeves.

Pattern Sizing: S, M, L, XL   I made the Large, but would be better fit thru bust if I had done Medium

Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it?
yes

Were the instructions easy to follow? Yes simple and straight forward.  However, be aware that the neckband is raw edges so you will use to front neckband pieces sewn together as one.

What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern? The top was an easy fit
and extremely simple to make

Fabric Used: Cotton Lycra that I've had in my stash for a year or so; this top was a muslin to see how the t-shirt fit.

Pattern alterations or any design changes you made: I didn't make any changes this go round; but the next time I make it I would do the following:

• next time start with Medium and add some width in the hip, so its not too snug
• change the neck band to have a finished edge, just seemed strange to have all of the other edges (sleeves and hemline) finished but the neckline was a raw edge.  Plus when I washed it the edge curled up.

view of neckline after washing

Would you sew it again? Would you recommend it to others? The pattern was an easy make and
fit well.  I will make this again as I have problem finding t-shirts that are long enough.  Also, the v-neck did not appear to be as low cut as in the pictures.

Conclusion: I call this "no-brainer" sewing.  It's definitely an easy make with only 4 pattern pieces. Since this was considered a muslin, I will definitely be making again.

Happy Sewing!!!