I’ve made a couple of new tops lately :)I've made this design once before so I knew I'd like this new one too. It is a modified version of the loose draped top from drape drape, by Hisako Sato. Modified in that A; I removing a wedge of the width in the neckline drape both front and back, so I could fit both pattern pieces onto my small-ish piece of fabric, and B; this time I made it as a double layered top, since my fabric is so thin it's thisclose to sheer. This was a rayon/linen remnant bought from the Morrison’s fabric sale, a grey-ish ivory/bone colour with a very subtle, paler, knitted-in stripe which barely shows up at all in the pictures!
It's a basic; but I think it will be quite good with all three of the busy, feature-laden skirts I have made for my autumn/winter swap. The thing I'm most pleased with is that I got all the seams of the top enclosed inside the two layers; and only had to hand-stitch one short bit of the hemline closed after turning it all through, right side out.
I’d made Cassie's Christmas dress the same way only a few months ago, but I still had to stop and think step by step, how to do the double-layering! so I took pictures and am writing a little how-to on my method so I don't forget for next time. Appearing here soon :)
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lingerie straps; essential in this design
The next top above: I'm very meh about this one. It's amazingly boring and unprepossessing given that making it has been a freakin' saga and a half. This is version two; I first made it as a very big and very loose tunic-y style top. Valuable time and energy and a piece of fabric was dedicated to making a rather hideous top. So I fixed it. And re-made it into a marginally less hideous top. Yay!
this is the least revolting "before" picture ...
So I cut out of it my much more fitted, regular tried-and-true custom fit Tshirt. It's still pretty blah but least I don't unequivocally hate it now.
I'm thinking it will be ok for warmth or whatever during winter. Heck, another layer's another layer. We'll see how it goes!
Details:
Ivory top; the loose drape top, from the Japanese pattern book drape drape by Hisako Sato, ivory rayon/linen
Chocolate top; ultimately, my custom fit Tshirt pattern, chocolate jersey knit
Shorts; Burda 7723, charcoal stretch gabardine, details here and my review of this pattern here