Right now I’m working on this top from Butterick (5420). It’s view A with the short sleeves. The material is a cotton knit I bought from Fabric.com a while ago. I’m really trying to work through some of the stash of fabric that I have. So, I’ve been matching new patterns with some of the fabric that I already have in hopes that I can reduce the number of bins of fabric that I currently have. I have now idea about the yardage total – it’s way too much to count.
Author: Denise
Butterick5485
I finished the top. I think that it’s OK, but I’m just not loving it. I prefer to were things that are not so low cut. I didn’t realize that this would be quite as low as it is. Also, since my upper measurements fit in with the size 16, that’s what I made, but I certainly could have gone down to the 14. But, ‘live and learn’ as they say. The material is cotton voile and the lining polyester. I’ve always avoided sheer or really light-weight fabrics in the past, but this was easy to work with. It’s not slippery which made it east to handle. I do like the ‘floaty-ness’ of the fabric.
Not sure what my next project will be. I found a pair of jeans that I had cut out about a year and a half ago – LOL. They should (hopefully) still fit, so maybe I’ll finally put those together.
Sunday baking and what I’m working on…
I usually try not to sew on Sundays (everyone needs a break). Instead, yesterday I made “turtle brownies” from scratch from the “Betty Crocker Best of Baking” cookbook. They’re really good (better than they look in the picture). And yes, I realize that one is missing…I can’t serve what I haven’t tasted, right!?!
As far as sewing, I’m working on Butterick 5485. I’m making the short top. I hope to finish this week. I sometimes push myself to complete something for the sake of completing it that I don’t do as good a job as I would like. So, I’m trying to slow myself down a little.
