I made a pretty new top… isn’t it gorgeous? It’s a slight different style that I might usually go for, and I absolutely love it! So elegantly feminine and floaty and chic.
This is the new Nicks pattern by Closet Core patterns; it comes as both a dress, a blouse, and a tunic top, which is the view I chose to make. It also comes with two different sleeve choices, a slightly puffy long sleeve, and the short sleeve. I really like the mix and matchability potential that this pattern has, I really reckon you could play about with the different bits and pieces and come with a whole tonne of different garments that could look quite distinct from each other. It’s not pictured on the pattern cover, but the blouse option does not have the buttons, nor any frill, so it stylistically looks quite different from the sweet V-neck buttoned front of the dress and tunic pictured there. I’m quite excited to try some of the different options out!
My fabric is actually the leftover ivory crepe from Kelly’s wedding dress! I had just enough to cut the tunic out, and not much more! And fortunately I still had buttons leftover from when I covered 100 for her dress too… phew boy was that a project and a half. I think I still have a little ptsd from all that. But excellent that I still have the buttons to use for other things like this!
I think I’ve pretty much decided to only make white or white-ish tops from now on actually. I’ve realised that during warm weather in particular, whenever I go to select a blouse or top from my wardrobe, I hone in on the white ones; they go so much better with all my more colourful or patterned skirts and other bottoms. Or maybe it’s just a mood I’m in at the moment. A sorta boring mood. Or maybe just in need of streamlined, uncomplicated comfort dressing, which to me means the visual peace and clarity of white tops.
This may very well be a mood that changes in the next instant, but for the time being; that’s the plan. Or maybe it’s just because the last time I sorted through my stash discovered I have a small mountain of white fabric that needs to be productively dealt with? To assuage the guilt? Either way!
I’m wearing my new top here with my Closet Core patterns Sasha trousers, still my favourite jeans. These are getting a touch sad nowadays, which in turn makes me sad. I think I should set aside a little time to make some more!
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