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| Esha's Monday wear journey continues... |
Esha here (again)! I’ve
been working away on my Monday wear and have made a lot of progress. Let me bring you up to speed…
So, I’ve finished the crop top. The pattern I used to sew it was a pattern I
already had. I purchased this book – TheMagic Pattern Book: Sew 6 patterns into 36 different styles – quite some time
ago. It’s a great book and I’ve made
quite a few clothing items from it including 2 dresses, a top that I wore to
Lime at the Hyatt last year (see photo to the right) and one of my fave winter coats (and yes,
it’s leopard print).
To make the Monday wear crop top, I took the top portion of the Alice tank top from the Magic Pattern book and sewed it up.
I usually need to make the arm holes wider in commercial patterns since
I have large shoulders for a girl, so I made that adjustment. I also needed to add a dart to the top center
back because when I tried on the finished top it was gaping a little. Here’s the finished top portion:
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| Isn't the fabric pretty?? :) |
After that, it was time to tackle the fringe. After I added one layer of fringe all the way
around the bottom of the crop top, I thought it looked a little sparse, so I
added another layer. This was
challenging, since I had to prevent myself from sewing over the fringe I had
already attached to the tank top! I
finally succeeded by collecting the excess fringe in a piece of remnant fabric to keep it out
of the way while I sewed. Here’s the top
with the 2 layers of fringe:
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| Close up of the completed fringe...this was a challenge! |
I then asked a couple of my family members for their opinion
since I still thought it was a little plain.
They recommended that I sew trim on it using some purple ribbon
that I had in my stash. That’s the next
step. Then, I’ll be adding some bling with some sew on jewels that I found on
Amazon and Michael's. Now, if you followed my Monday
wear blog last year, you know that hand sewing isn’t my fave thing to do
(argh!). I’m willing to give it a shot
though; it’ll bring some excitement to this top.
Almost forgot to mention: I also got a high waisted bikini bottom from
Amazon! Stay tuned for the finished
product…
Til de next lime,
Esha
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