Hi everyone!
This is one of the things I made while nursing my sprained ankle injury, so isn’t my best work by any means! It's the Marilla Walker Roberts Top (from the same collection that I made my dungarees - and I'm not done with that PDF set yet!).
I wanted to get on with using up some of the fabric that has been hanging around in the
cupboard for ever, and this gingham polycotton remnant left over from my hacked Pastille Dress (follow the link for bonus laughs with my Pam Hogg-esque yellow hair) seemed like a good candidate – it was only £2.99
per metre to begin with and had served its primary purpose.
I made a straight size 4 without any FBA adjustments (I know I should every time, but can’t always be bothered). I swear I tried to create interest on the back panels but cutting them at a 90 degree angle, but I guess with squares that effectively sets you back where you started – I should have cut on the bias for a more interesting effect.
This was a nice
simple make really and I could have made it even simpler by not
bothering with the french seaming – especially as I did that thing
where you match the edges rather than the sewing line so managed to
introduce some unnecessary misalignment!
The biggest challenge with this make was sewing it up with my left foot. With my right out of action and elevated on a chair it was a struggle to sew comfortably and accurately, but I had to make something or risk going stir-crazy!
The finished result is a little tight over the bust and has some wobbles in the stitching, but as a little #sewingleftovers project to save my sanity I’m glad I did it. Plus it served me pretty well in the heat as an airy little top that doesn’t really need ironing.
I wore it loads this summer paired with some more #sewingleftovers Winslow Culottes (to be posted soon) and these Megan Nielsen Flint shorts which I actually made late last summer but it quickly got too cold to take any snaps of them. I made them for a late September getaway to Croatia and loved wearing them as a little bit of pin-up chic as a tourist. However they didn't work out quite so well on the beach - I put them on over a damp cossie and managed to stain my thighs blue when the wetness of the swimsuit made the dye run!
Other than that they're great - I made these before I made my over-fitting errors for my silk pair, so they fit quite nicely. They're maybe a little snug over the rear but as the denim (originally used for my classic Ginger jeans - warning, more nuclear blonde vibes going on with the barnet in those old shots too!) has a bit of stretch they're quite comfortable. While they were made last summer they're a nice precursor to the #sewingleftovers project, a bandwagon I'm very happy to jump on. It does feel good to use stuff up!
I'll leave you with the cheeky shot below - back soon with more #sewingleftover goodness, summer uniforms (before it becomes ridiculously late to post) and a catch-up on how I did with my summer sewing plans.
Until then, take care!
NorseOtter xx
I love the Flints! Denim is an unexpected choice (to me anyway, easily surprised maybe ^^) but it totally works.
ReplyDeleteThanks! The fabric actually came before the pattern with this combo, I just really wanted to get the scraps out of my stash and felt like the Flint pattern was the best shorts pattern I had on hand. Very glad it worked out and would recommend (although maybe not for the beach unless you want blue legs too!).
Delete