Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Simplicity 2593 View B

Thank you for your comments on the dress! :)

Here I have one more sewing project. :) I actually sewed this up around January, but never got around to blogging it.




Pattern: Simplicity 2593, View B

I was really happy how this pattern came together. It was easy to sew, and I love wearing the resulting top. The one mistake I made was to choose a "suiting" type fabric. It drapes nicely and looks pretty good, but it frays a lot! Fraying isn't necessarily a bad thing (especially if it's a great fabric), but it did add more time to making the shirt since I had to finish off rapidly deteriorating seam allowances!

I usually wear it underneath a cardi, like my Featherweight below:

I'll definitely sew this one again. It's a good fool-proof pattern, and for me (an ultra novice), that's a good thing!

3 comments:

Teresa said...

I love this shirt! I need to start sewing.

Sheryll said...

Lovely top - it looks fabulous with your Whisper!

ayumills said...

Oh your shirt is really nice! I love the color and the gathered part! I want to make one like that!
By the way Ellen, congratulation on winning my giveaway. I looked for your e-mail address here but couldn't find it. Do you mind sending me an e-mail with your address so that I can send the giveaway item to you? Thank you in advance! ayumills0723 at gmail dot com