I was thrilled when I opened my mailbox last night and discovered this...
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Yes, that's Denise aka "Andsewitgoes" modeling her Carolyn Inspired Top. I think Denise explains it best...
I swooooned over your Erdem Inspired Dress post. So much so that I am sending you my 'Carolyn Inspired Top'.
A couple of notes about the top. There were many firsts for me:
Denise you are so welcome! And the top is gorgeous! The offer is open to everyone who reads my blog. If you are inspired to sew something by a garment I've made, please feel free to leave a link in the comments or forward it to me. I will gladly feature you here and/or link back to your own blog!
I love when we as a sewing community inspire each other to achieve greater sewing feats and to improve our craft!
The pants post will be up next...
...as always more later
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Yes, that's Denise aka "Andsewitgoes" modeling her Carolyn Inspired Top. I think Denise explains it best...
I swooooned over your Erdem Inspired Dress post. So much so that I am sending you my 'Carolyn Inspired Top'.
A couple of notes about the top. There were many firsts for me:
- I mixed a woven with a knit.
- The front being the woven and the sleeves and back from the black knit. I was worried that the knit would stretch so I used strips of interfacing to stabilize the side seams. Another first for me.
- I also used the interfacing to stabilize the shoulders (This was a tip I learned from you!)
- Another first was mixing two patterns. Most of it is my TNT top: Buttterick B4290 but I wanted a modern take on it so I used the back pattern piece to elongate and curve the back hem...
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Denise you are so welcome! And the top is gorgeous! The offer is open to everyone who reads my blog. If you are inspired to sew something by a garment I've made, please feel free to leave a link in the comments or forward it to me. I will gladly feature you here and/or link back to your own blog!
I love when we as a sewing community inspire each other to achieve greater sewing feats and to improve our craft!
The pants post will be up next...
...as always more later