Selfish Sewing Week is upon us again! Have you been making things for yourself? I hope so!

I chose to sew myself a little something with a pattern from the super sweet and adorable April Rhodes. I have both The Staple Dress and The Date Night Dress and this time I went with the pattern I already had printed and taped together. That’s right, laziness prevails! Not only that though, I had already made two Staple dresses and they are on regular rotation in my wardrobe so I have a lot of love for this pattern.

When I originally bought the pattern I knew the shirring around the waist was not going to work for my current situation (that’s code for muffin top, naturally) so for my first two Staples I went a size down, omitted the waist shirring, and rejoiced in my pretty new dresses.

This time I wanted something long-sleeved and I didn’t really need a new dress so for SSW I hacked that Staple baby and turned it into a casual pullover.

I thank sew Amy sew for the long sleeve inspiration. She made a beautiful knit version of the Staple Dress a few months ago and I love it! She also helpfully shows how she lengthened the sleeves. It’s a very easy modification so if you’re thinking of a cool-weather Staple dress I really recommend trying it out.

I kept the high-low feature true to the pattern and just shortened it to a length I like. The fabric is from my store and I have it in three colorways. It’s a poly quilted knit and it is very comfortable to wear. I used to be completely anti-polyester but during my fabric sourcing adventures I’ve come across a few poly blends that I just cannot resist. It can’t really compete with the buttery, cotton, Japanese double knits we’ve all come to love but I’m giving this one the thumbs up. It has good stretch recovery, is not clingy, and is very easy to work with. Good job, poly knit. Good job.

Hop on over to Kollabora and visit the other SSW featured sewers if you’d like to see what everyone else has been making. There is a great, big pattern giveaway happening too! And if you also do a Staple Dress hack someday I would love to see it!

Sew on, dudes!