SHE WORE IT WELL...

...do you remember back in June when I made this top for my friend?

As soon as it was finished I immediately placed it in the mail to her with high hopes that it would be a good fit.  Well, we finally had a meetup, and guess what she was wearing when I saw her???

The Simplicity eyelet top with almost identical matching white eyelet shorts that she said she'd had for years.  I think SHE WORE IT WELL...

THE FUNNY THING ABOUT FABRIC AND SEWING...

...is that the longer you stay away from it, the more it tends to intimidate you in the slightest of ways.  Indecisiveness about what to make next (because you have toooo many pattern choices), what size to cut,  do I bother making a muslin or not, can keep you stalled for days, even weeks - because sew friends we know that once it's cut, it's cut and there is no turning back.  But fabric is only fabric and we buy it to cut it - right?  Fabric is NOT MEANT TO BE KEPT FOREVER LINDA!

I've had two cuts of this bright, sun shiny yellow outlet in my stash forever.  I can't remember buying it, so it probably came from Ebony.  You remember Ebony, of the Glam Doll.  I just didn't know what I wanted to make with it.  But this summer I have visions of eyelet dancing on my brain, and there are several different colors in stash, but I'll start here.

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 The top calls for back/front neckline and armhole facings that are interfaced, but because of the nature of eyelet I think I'll underline this one with the closest match I could find of batiste called sheer mist.  Now I'm wondering if my top will miss having the structure of the interfaced facings.  Mmmm, decisions, decisions.  I'll be sure to let you know in the next episode of "The Funny Thing about Fabric and Sewing:....

Thought I'd share a  picture of Ebony since she's done so much to help keep my fabric addiction alive and kicking.

My friend Ebony with son Cory, carrying her soon to be born second son.  We can't wait to meet him later this summer.