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Happy Friday + Boho Dolman Top

October 19, 2012

 

Happy Friday, friends! Here is the last of my KCWC creations from last week that I was finally able to get photographed.

First, the fabric: a GORGEOUS embroidered delicate knit. I am in love with the colors.

Second, the pattern: self-drafted. Sadly, I am no pattern maker and this was not a huge success. Since I’m not the best at sewing knits, it looks somewhat frumpy to me. But you know what? Six-year-olds don’t stay still long enough, so my many sewing sins are hard to detect.

I think it looks a little like it could have come from Anthropologie – what do you think?

Have a fabulous weekend, all!

 

Filed in: sewing • by sanae • 5 Comments

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  1. Bikbik & Roro

    October 19, 2012 at 7:27 am

    Very cute and rustic, and yes, Anthropologie-ish. It *is* a gorgeous fabric. I think it would also make a great sundress 🙂

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    • sanae

      October 19, 2012 at 8:26 am

      Good idea! I still have some of the fabric left and might be able to squeeze a sundress out of it. 🙂

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  2. Venus

    October 19, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    The fabric is fabulous! Wow… The drafting of your pattern isn’t bad, but I understand where you’re coming from. Yah, knits aren’t the easiest to work with. I’m sewing some as we speak and we have a love/hate relationship.

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  3. Connie Yeung

    October 20, 2012 at 4:26 am

    Practice makes perfect. You will get there. The top looks to good that I can have one too. I am children size 12. 😉

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    • sanae

      October 20, 2012 at 10:58 am

      Thanks, Connie – perhaps I will have a size 12 for you when I’ve gotten my pattern-making skills up to snuff! I am practicing, practicing, practicing 🙂

      Reply

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