Burda Gold Top - January 2001/118

As an interlude between blogging about partaking in the wonderful Me Made May 2014, as organised by Zoe of So Zo... What Do You Know? and an overview of my first week, I thought I would share a recent make in the form of a gold knit top - Me Made May Day 2 (Flickr - MeMadeMay14)

This was a fairly easy make with a front/back/sleeves and a scarf - oh and a little pocket and flap. I do love a 3/4 sleeve.

The body and sleeves were a basic put together and pocket made use of my practice of creating a curve as used on my Frills-Definitely A Learning Curve post. 

This was how the scarf looked once I had sewn one edge to the body and sewn and turned the ends.  It was a light fabric to work with so I just pressed and pinned the inside edge and machine stitched it very carefully along the edge of the turn through the neck. Worked a treat and no hand sewing - woo hoo!

A small working pocket on one side with a flat and sweet gold button gave the top a further bit of interest.  The photo makes the fabric look a little stretched but that's just the light, not the fabric!

Here's a nice view of the scarf and dart. 

I did originally think that the fabric might be a bit "Christmassy" being gold and all, and it got consigned to the loft, but after signing up for Me Made May 14 and having a rummage upstairs I thought, hey, why not.  It's not too festive and actually dresses up a dark separate and looks flattering against most skin tones.

Ease factor:  Easy - even the scarf piece and the fabric behaved itself so was easy to sew.
Cost:  Can't remember as this fabric was purchased ages ago, probably around 1.5 metres

Happy sewing.

Linda x

Me Made May Challenge - I'm In

Well, I've never entered a challenge or sew-a-long before so when I realised I wasn't out of time for this one I was delighted that I still had time to be a part of it!

The Me Made May challenge is about not just making, but wearing clothes that you have made and you already have in your wardrobe and integrating them into your everyday wear for the whole of  May.  I must admit I have a few things that haven't seen an airing for a while, so it got me to thinking - could I dig them out and see how they fit into my current wearing style?

This sewing event is organised by Zoe of sozowhatdoyouknow and is who's just down the road from me in Brighton and it looks like there'll be heap of talent to spot from all over the globe.

Watch out for photos via blogs and Pinterest which has been set up by Jennifer of Jennifer Lauren Vintage   There's also a Flickr page too.  Shown here is a little taster from me ............

 

Not sure when I created these two or the patterns I used as they were made quite some years ago......

So if you want to get in on the action, hop over to Zoe's blog on the link above and sign up.  I'm really looking forward to seeing all the outfits and getting  a ton of inspiration for future makes.

Happy sewing

Linda x