Sewing at last!

gosh it's a long time since i've done anything creative!!

anyway, i finally got to do an ottobre pattern. if you go to the website and click on the little magazine at the bottom 2/2005 (the one with the boy in blue shirt and girl in green dress, then go to page 7, i made that little top. cute huh.

it was more complicated than i thought but only because it used different techniques. so instead of creating a casing and threading elastic through it, i had to stitch elastic onto the hem, then turn and top stitch. looks great even though it took a lot more effort in the making. the other funny thing i had to do was to attach the ribbon for the bow. not sure if it's just my shonky bow tying, but if i sewed the ribbon on horizontally the bow sat vertically LOL so i had to unpick that and sew the ribbon on vertically and now the bow sits perfectly ;o)

i suspect the top will be a bit big for emelia and will be put away for next year, but i'll try it on her shortly and see (she' only just woken up and is calling to be gotten out of bed right now)

if this top looks nice on here i'm planning on splurging on some batik fabric like they've used in the mag (around $30 / m unless i can find a cheaper source) and making her another.