Long time no blog! I've actually been pretty busy with lots of sewing lately and haven't set aside the time to blog! Since my last post I've made a couple skirts, a dress or two, a quilt top, and I'm halfway through another quilt top and have just finished a jacket. Phew! Matt and I have also been busy around the house with some visits and planning painting & gardening... on top of my usual twice-weekly roller derby practices, work, and finding time to hang out together :)
Anyways - here's a top I sewed up a while ago with fabric I bought from Girl Charlee Fabrics.
I went with the split-hem again (like on my black cloud-knit version) but it didn't turn out as well... trying to stripe-match and get the hems to work was proving a bit difficult :/
Ahh well! This is a pretty casual top that really only gets worn around the house or on weekends. When I ordered this from Girl Charlee, I was expecting a much thicker knit than I received, and was really hoping for more stretch - which is what the description given on the website said. Ahh, the challenge of buying fabric online. I also got hit with a $35 duty charge (ugh shipping from the US to Canada...) so that didn't help matters. I also bought a rainbow speckled cardigan knit, which luckily better matched the online description. All this to say, I probably won't be ordering from Girl Charlee again... I know some people love the shop, but it's just not for me.
Also, because of the lack of stretch this knit has (which actually isn't a bad thing for this pattern) I effed-up the neck band. Ughhhh. Because there was so little stretch, I lengthened the neck band piece a bit... but apparently too much... so it falls over a bit in the front. Oh well - they can't all be winners! At least the top is wearable! The knit is light enough too that this top will be nice with cool summer evenings, so I should get 4-season wear out of it.
That's all for now! I'm going to work on getting a bunch of blog posts queued-up for the next little while - and I'll be busy posting once Me Made May 2017 begins!
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