Oh, spring tops. Like M&Ms, potato chips, Mint Milano cookies, ok, really any junk food, I can’t have just one! Or two, as the case may be.
So, though the “week” is over, spring top fever continues. Here is my latest. I saw these pretty cascading petals on this shirt, but decided I needed to apply them to something cuter than a crew neck.
I used slub knit and a basic raglan sleeve shirt pattern (minus the sleeves), but cut it extra wide to allow for a cinched waistband.
Then I cut a bunch of those little blossom/four leaf clover/butterfly-ish shapes and sewed ’em on. Some I interfaced, some I left floaty. On the interfaced petals, I sewed a little gather in the center to give them some movement, as they were very stiff.
And now I have something cool and breezy to wear during the 300? days we’ll soon experience!
Oh, and that drawstring? That’s a trick Susan taught me. In case you’ve never heard of it either, I’ll pass it on to you. You cut a long strip of knit about an inch wide. Then fold it in half lengthwise (so you have a long half inch strip) and serge the raw ends together, forming a tube. The tube flips right side out fairly easily with the use of a safety pin, and then you have a perfect, thin drawstring! It’s no different from making a fabric tube on a sewing machine, but the serging stitches help give it the feeling of a cord, instead of a flat tube.
I love this one! The color is beautiful and the flower placement is to die for!
OMG – that is soooo cute! I’ll have to go find / draft myself a raglan pattern and have a go. Thanks for the tip about making the spaghetti strap string.
This top turned out absolutely lovely! It looks great on you! – Kim
The top looks great. Love it!
Love it! I will I was more confident to sew for myself!!!
Beautiful! It turned out really well.
love it!!
Beautiful! I want one. There’s a small problemo though. I am not part of the lucky percentage of women who after having two kids can go without a good bra like YOU! Grrrr!
So beautiful…and so wonderful that you actually spend time sewing for yourself!!!
Amazing! Where do you find that knit fabric?
The shirt is amazing, and you are just adorable! Great job!
Beautiful! Great job!
i love it super cute!
so pretty! perfect for summer :D
Cute top! I really like the flowers and the gathered back.
Love, love, love!!! Wow that turned out so cute. The little petals are perfect!
Oh my, you are too cute! And, I LOVE that top! This is exactly why I need to get better at sewing. I just started a few months ago, but I can’t wait to be sewing things like this!
that looks so great on you, I love love the style and the little petals look amazing. :)
Fabulous! It is so feminine! You should be very pleased with this top :)
Greatest. Top. Ever. I’ll swap you for the blue ruffle dress??
I’d love it in purple. Srsly.
Not only do you make completely gorgeous tops, but then you nonchalantly sprinkle clever little bits of keyboardy genius over your posts to make me completely awestruck. How on earth did you manage to make that degree sign when you wrote 300 degrees? It’s currently 10 degrees here in England…which means that my fingers are practically freezing to the keys as I type and I have just put the heating on despite the fact that it’s nearly June!
Wow! Great job! I’m definitely going to try to make one of these for myself.
I was *just* talking today about that kind of detail on shirts with a friend. We were wondering how it washes-like, do they get all crazy or do they keep their right shape and stuff? How’s that for a totally intelligent question?
That is so pretty (and looks fabulous with your white pants – I wish I could wear white pants!). Thanks for the tips too!
Gorgeous & I love the clever use of a raglan pattern sans sleeves. Will have to make this!
UGH! I LOVE THAT! Seriously, I would’ve scooped that up in the Jcrew window. I am IMPRESSED lady.
that is beautiful. Do you have a link to where i can find or buy the shirt patter you used?