So this week’s studio recap is a day late. I had planned on writing it up yesterday, but the one item that I made last week was in the wash and it took until today to get it clean and dried.
When I saw this tutorial from Making It ImMACKulate for a little girl’s spring top with a ruffled button placket, I my first thought was, “What a cute shirt for a little girl!” And then my next thought was, “And what a cute shirt for ME!”
Seriously. There’s no reason why this little girl’s top wouldn’t look good on a grown-up. My sewing project last week is my first run through Making It ImMACKulate’s spring top, with a slight modification.
Instead of a woven, I used an old knit shirt that was in the donate pile for my test run. If it wasn’t going to work, I didn’t want to waste any of my good fabric.
The stretchy fabric meant that I didn’t need to put the ruffled button placket down the front. It’s super cute but I wanted to check the basic fit before putting the time into stitching down ruffles and buttons and loops.
But without the ruffled button placket, the front looked a little plain. I added a bit of chocolate brown ribbon – it’s mostly sheer with sparklysequins sewn here and there.
Other than the fact that I cut it a little bit too short, I am sooo happy with the fit on this shirt! It’s loose through the midsection, but not so loose. That’s important for pear-shaped girls like myself. With larger hips and smaller shoulders, there’s a fine line between easy-breezy and “Are you expecting?”
I’m definitely going to be making more of these for myself, maybe out of wovens and definitely with the pretty button placket.
The top turned out great!
Nice top Anne. It looks good on you. You always inspire me.