I love linen in the summer. I know it needs ironing, and as much as I hate ironing, I love linen more, so I do it.
I not only made a couple of tops out of linen, I bought some more fabric.
a beige linen with a black eyelet all over embroidery. This one still needs a hem, but it's a touch snug, so it's on hold for the moment.
Since I love the pattern, I adjusted for sizing around the bust and bicep and came back with this:
Love this. Green linen, gathered neckline, tunic length. Perfect with capris or slim jeans. And the colour perfectly matches a pair of my green flip flops!
So when Fabricland had a sale, I picked up a couple more lengths of linen:
a denim-y blue for Vogue 8500, a cross over front, asymmetrically hemmed tunic
And a grey/green watercolour print for another summer top at some point.
And then, because I couldn't resist it, this orange cotton with a sparkle sewn into it. I've tried to capture the sparkle here with my star filter. Suffice to say, it's very pretty.
There's more sewing in my future, but I need to confirm some stuff this weekend, and then I"ll tell you all about it!
5 comments:
Your sewing stories have almost convinced me to start to sew again.
I agree with you about linen. Simply the best. One of the things I have not been able to do these last few years is to find time to sew, but one of these days I've got some catching up to do. Some dresses for summer and some cotton tops. Oh yes there will be sewing.
Great tops! They'll look great with jeans. I love that they are linen. I wonder if our fabric store carries any...I'll have to check. I'm so excited about sewing lately. I spend more time reading sewing blog posts than knitting these days. I haven't been in a yarn store for months. Weird, huh?! lol Thanks for more inspiration! :-)
I hate ironing too. But I also love the drape and comfort of linen...
Great tops. Very summery. I hate ironing too.
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