As most of you know, I visited Lynne of Wonderfully Made and Ellen J Goods and while I was there Lynne wore a black and white stripe top. It had this 2" band down the center front with the stripes running the opposite way.
I had a bit of leftover black and white fabric from the sleeves on this top. The pattern I used was Simplicity 1886 with changes
I folded out the dart, since I was using a knit and I really don't like darts in knits. Also, added some length.
I pieced the fabric with the band down the front and then cut out the front piece. I would of liked to run the stripes on my top the opposite way but I had limited fabric. Speaking of the fabric, it is a 4-way stretch, which helped with this project tremendously. I had to piece the back to squeak out enough fabric to even cut out the back.
I left this top a bit looser, since the fabric is rayon knit and it seems to cling a bit more.
I will just kick back and enjoy the beautiful day in my new Lynne-inspired top.
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What a great top and a beautiful day to relax! Your creativity is inspiring. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a great top. I love it.
ReplyDeleteThat is really cute! And I can think of about a million things in your wardrobe that it will work with! Awesome top!
ReplyDeleteHow awesome! Stripes are so fun to be creative with.
ReplyDeleteGreat top! I love stripes.
ReplyDeleteCute top!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful top.
ReplyDeleteI thk I will have to get some black and white striped knit:) well done!
ReplyDeleteGreat top the stripe down the middle is so effective - no wonder you wanted to copy it
ReplyDeleteWhat a "make it work" top!! Stripes are so hot right now. The top looks great on you.
ReplyDeleteThe pieced back was such a creative way to handle the challenge of "just enough" fabric!
ReplyDeletevery cute! love the contrasting stripes
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