Friday, September 5, 2014

A new twist on mother/daughter outfits

My daughter sent me this image this morning, of herself in the African dress (Togolese, actually) that matches a tunic I made a few weeks ago. I think the two together are a cute throwback to mother/daughter outfits we have had in the past.  See how the embroidery around my hem matches the embroidery around her sleeves?

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Summer top #6 nearly done

This yummy little number, in a sparkly black knit of unknown fiber content, cost me exactly $0.00 to make. The fabric had been in my stash for a long time. DD bought it off of a G Street Fabrics sale table long ago.

I was originally going to use the same cowl neck sleeveless top pattern from Burda magazine that I wrote about last time, but there was a lot of fabric, so when I saw a long, bat-wing, cowl neck tunic advertised on television, I decided I'd make something similar for myself. Here's the result, still missing the hems, but you get the idea. The bat wings need to be cut a few inches closer to the armpit, but no major surgery is required on this one.

While not exactly a hot weather top, this tunic will look pretty fetching with skinny pants when the temperature drops.