Hmm, it’s 8pm, we have to be up at 3am to travel to the airport, and I’ve just finished sewing my last top for holiday! (This post was scheduled to go live whilst we were away)
Does that sound familiar to anyone, or is it just me?
Back in April I went to Liberty’s London store and bought a metre of this lovely fabric.
I chose McCall’s 2818, view ‘D’ which is bottom left on the envelope front.
The pattern called for 1.5m of fabric and I had the last 1.10m on the roll, so I knew it was going to be tight, even at 150cm wide. Reading through the instructions first (as you always should!) I reckoned I could get away with it if I used plain white cotton of the same weight to make the back facings.
To ensure that the print matched at the hem, I lined all the pieces up so the bottom edges lay on the same line of flowers. I couldn’t match at the side seams as they were all Princess seams and curved.
The instructions required full interfacing on all the facings but, as the cotton is very thin, I thought it would be too stiff so I just used a strip around the neck edges and the buttonhole edge. This worked perfectly.
The white cotton was fine as the back facing.
Not as pleasing on the inside as the Liberty print would have been, but it would have cost £12.50 just to buy half a metre to make the back facings – so I figured the plain white cotton would do.
The inside front is better:)
The hem at the side backs and side fronts have a cute little split detail. (Just spotted some thread that needs trimming…)
The neckline with its sharp ‘V’ cutout makes a nice change.
Top made, now into my wardrobe to see what it might go with.
Rolled up jeggings and navy wedge-heeled flip-flops?
Yep, that’ll do nicely.
Right, I really MUST start the packing….
May 27, 2015 at 7:51 am
Very pretty and very feminine. Who’s looking at the inside anyway?
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May 27, 2015 at 9:30 am
Exactly, it would have been a waste of pretty fabric!
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May 27, 2015 at 8:12 am
I really like that fabric design. 🙂 Lovely.
Gorgeous top, you are fabulous.
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May 27, 2015 at 9:31 am
Thank you, I don’t wear a lot of blue really, but couldn’t resist this.
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May 27, 2015 at 8:29 am
What a lovely neat top. So useful. Happy holiday K xXx
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May 27, 2015 at 9:33 am
Thanks Karen, it’s very light and comfortable to wear in the heat.
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May 27, 2015 at 8:32 am
The Liberty fabric is very pretty, a lovely last minute addition for your suitcase! 🙂
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May 27, 2015 at 9:34 am
VERY last minute! I was pleased to find a suitable top pattern to make up with this fabric.
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May 27, 2015 at 8:32 am
Beautiful fabric and it looks like a really nice pattern too – finding any you can squeeze out of a metre is always good! I think the white cotton is a nice crisp contrast 🙂
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May 27, 2015 at 9:35 am
A simple vest top was the obvious choice so I’m glad I found this pattern – just a bit different with pretty details.
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May 27, 2015 at 8:42 am
WOW! What a cute little top! You are so clever. I would have never thought to use the white to fix where I was short. The whole ensemble looks adorable. I think I spelled ensemble wrong. I am really diggin the wedge flip flops. The bear claws are too cute. LOL I really like your hair curly. It is funny how people with curly hair want straight and people with straight hair want curly.
Safe travels on your return home. I know you just took tons of photos that I can’t wait to see. 🙂 I forgot to put a note in with the magazine I sent but I think you will know it is from me. Enjoy the rest of your vaca.
Lots of hooky love sent your way xxxxxx
Robin over here in the good ole US of A!!
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May 27, 2015 at 9:38 am
Thanks Robin – you’re right about the hair thing, we always want what we haven’t got! It’s staying curly for the rest of our holiday as broken ribs are making the use of hair straighteners impossible:)
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May 27, 2015 at 9:20 pm
broken ribs?!!! What happened? Did I miss something? :0
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May 27, 2015 at 9:49 pm
Went horse-riding in the mountains and came off cracking some ribs in the process! (Amongst other injuries) couldn’t be in a better place to recuperate though:)
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May 27, 2015 at 10:07 am
Beautiful! And great idea to use plain cotton on the inside – no one but you (and now us) know it’s there 😛
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May 27, 2015 at 2:59 pm
Thanks, contrasting facings are fine usually, especially if it saves a bit of money and frees up nice fabric for something else!
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May 27, 2015 at 6:52 pm
Definitely! No point spending money on things you can’t see 🙂
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May 27, 2015 at 10:58 am
What a great blouse! Love the back details!
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May 27, 2015 at 3:00 pm
It’s sweet, isn’t it? The buttons are a little tricky to do up myself though:)
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May 27, 2015 at 11:25 am
It’s absolutely gorgeous! You’ve done an ace job once again! Have a fabulous vacation, Sheila! Marianne xx
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May 27, 2015 at 3:01 pm
Thank you, it’s going to be one of my favourites, I think:)
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May 27, 2015 at 1:04 pm
I just love the fabric print! Super cute, and the top goes amazing with the leggings. Nice one!
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May 27, 2015 at 3:03 pm
Thank you! Half the fun is seeing what goes with it in your wardrobe isn’t it?
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May 27, 2015 at 3:17 pm
Lovely 🙂 x
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May 27, 2015 at 4:21 pm
Man Alive it’s GORGEOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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May 27, 2015 at 4:40 pm
Why, thank you kindly Roma, I love it too!
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May 27, 2015 at 5:19 pm
Awesome job! Your cutting and sewing is so perfect!
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May 27, 2015 at 7:52 pm
Thanks, although it was a simple pattern and quite difficult to get wrong!
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May 27, 2015 at 6:18 pm
Such a pretty top! Really like the white contrast. Your button holes look incredibly neat 🙂
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May 27, 2015 at 7:51 pm
Thank you – the buttonhole foot makes it foolproof nowadays, doesn’t it? It feels like cheating sometimes!
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May 27, 2015 at 8:41 pm
I’ve only tried them once, even with a special foot, I was pretty nervous! More practice needed… 😉
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May 27, 2015 at 6:57 pm
Such a gorgeous top. I agree that it would have been a waste to buy more fabric for the facings when nobody can see them anyway!
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May 27, 2015 at 7:49 pm
Such times call for common sense and compromise:)
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May 27, 2015 at 7:27 pm
I hope you’ve worn it a lot because it’s beautiful 🙂 Well the whole outfit is. I’m so glad you didn’t spend £12.50 on a facing!
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May 27, 2015 at 7:48 pm
There are times when compromise makes sense – and this was one of them! I wore it once before I cracked some ribs falling off a horse mid-canter and it’s been kaftans only since then!
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May 28, 2015 at 10:40 am
Oh no!! Well that’s a good excuse to sit by the pool for the rest of the holiday 🙂
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May 28, 2015 at 12:52 am
I hope you feel better soon. Hurt ribs suck. 😦 I have hurt mine enough for sure.
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May 31, 2015 at 8:04 am
Oh looks gorgeous! Have a lovely time and the sun shines !
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June 2, 2015 at 8:04 pm
Love this….so well made and so cute!!!!
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June 4, 2015 at 6:02 pm
Thanks – it was so cool and comfortable in the Spanish heat:)
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June 7, 2015 at 1:04 pm
Ahhh, loving the Liberty! The button detail and front splits are really cute too.
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