Am I crazy? I had second thoughts about posting this pattern review, seeing that the temperature has dropped suddenly...brrrrrr! It was literally 5 days ago that I wore this top, one sunny and perfect day for the road trip with Greg and the girls, down south to Melbourne for Easter celebrations with family.
Here I am at our pitstop in Holbrook wearing a new top I made using our Liberty of London cotton lawn - Wiltshire Olive and Built By Wendy pattern - McCalls 3964. I've had the pattern in my collection for a while and have been inspired to make it finally after seeing this version on Pinterest.
For my top I cut the size 12 and made some minor alterations, like eliminate the gathers at the front yoke edge near the armholes - here I placed the pattern pieces together and recut the armhole. At the back I redistributed the gathers to the centre back, instead of gathering close to the side back as the pattern stated, it looks a lot nicer this way and I lengthened the top by approx 5cm.
I'm really happy with how it turned out and that I had one day to wear it out before putting it away for next summer!
Very pretty fabric and top. Can't go past a Liberty. I seem to have a similar knack of making garments at the end of the season and not getting much of a chance to wear them.
ReplyDeletethank you Sew Indigo!
DeleteI love this top! I'm going to get the pattern right now.
ReplyDeleteAny chance you would sell me your pattern. Or let me borrow it? It cannot be found. I love this top. Yours is awesome.
ReplyDeleteHi Suzie Sews, apologies for not responding earlier. You're more than welcome to borrow it. Email me your details so that I can post it to you. Contact me via tessutifabrics@gmail.com
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Colette