Friday, November 19, 2010

< $2 top


I have been itching to get back into sewing and was looking for an[other] easy project (post wrap-around skirt). And this is the result – a top I made last weekend.

I bought the fabric eons ago at the Pepito closing down sale. Ruby must have been 1 year old at the time. I got a fairly large piece for $2 thinking I'd make Ruby a pretty little summer dress (sorry Rube). The pattern came from Selvage in Mt Eden. I bought it a couple of months back when they were closing down – notice a trend here?

The pattern needed some modifying as it was for a dress and the sleeves had a seam down the middle which I thought would look a bit odd. It's always a bit risky to modify a pattern when you haven't been behind the driving wheel for a while. I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with how it turned out though. And the badge*, just tops it off.

* Made one weekend a couple of months ago when Ruby and I were playing around.

2 comments:

  1. go girl -you have put me to shame - my versatile wrap is not so versatile - still sitting in my to do pile ......

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  2. Yes, well maybe by Xmas? Tell SOTH to get onto it too. We can model for Karen and she can decide who's the winner - but so far it's me being the only one who completed the task!

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