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Molly Top

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Pocket for sweets

Who doesn’t love a staple Breton striped top? You can’t have too many of them, I feel – they’re perfect for casual jeans days and layering.

The pattern: the Molly top from Lisa Comfort’s My Capsule Wardrobe: City Break e-book. This is only my second make from this book so far (following on from my Alex shirt), but I assure you I’ll be making it all at some point! All the patterns are so beautiful, and they really do make a capsule wardrobe 🙂 This pattern couldn’t be an easier sew! What makes itso easy is the sleeves. They’re grown on at the cap and the length comes from adding the bottom half of the sleeve later on. It’s added in the flat and the seam line is virtually straight – much easier than set in sleeves. I think I sewed this top in a couple of hours –…

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Monochrome Maxi Dress

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Amazing Dress using our http://www.girlcharlee.co.uk/black-linear-chevron-on-white-cotton-spandex-blend-knit-fabric-p-14067.html?cPath=190

Sewing instead

It being half term this week gave me an ideal opportunity to have a go at another project and with a bit more time I decided to do something a bit bigger. I wanted to use the monochrome zigzag fabric I had bought from Girl Charlee UK (www.girlcharlee.co.uk) after Christmas. When I initially bought the fabric I had wanted to make either a maxi dress or maxi skirt with it but when it arrived it was lighter weight than I was expecting. Because of this I was not sure whether it would work for my design as being black and white I was worried it would be a bit see through. Even so, I couldn’t think of anything else I wanted to make with it and so decided to go ahead anyway.

I made a maxi dress last summer using a basic skirt pattern and a camisole top…

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