Looking at the two side-by-side (mind you that mine isn’t finished yet) and I can see that I got the sleeves wrong. They aren’t as full as they should be. That doesn’t bother me too much. What does bother me is that none of it looks balanced and there are ripples on the back that I didn’t see before I started sewing the waist to the top. I’m still trying to figure out how to finish it so that I can get in and out of it.

The main issue I’m having is that the wool is very stretchy and very light-weight. I’m fairly certain that without the belt I would be constantly trying to keep the top in place. I lined the top with linen which has very much helped with keeping the wool from getting all wonky but it isn’t stiff enough to give me a clear avenue for sewing closures. Both a plus and a minus is the fact that I cut the top out in one piece (no side seems)  which has made the sides just as stretchy as the back and made fitting easier but I sacrificed structure. Now that I have the pictures I can make some adjustments before actually sewing everything together.

I will also say that the belt I used has far to big of a buckle and I will know better next time – This one is firmly sewn into place so I can’t redo it but because I didn’t have the problem last time, I think about it being an issue this time.