And, we had a photo shoot a couple of weeks ago; long story about how that happened but My Sweet Babboo and I were schooled a bit on taking pictures. The photographer kept telling me to 'pop your knee'. So I had to try it for a Choir Wardrobe picture.
At least it makes me laugh.
So, there was no choir photo last week; I simply didn't have time to get a photo. We had a special service Sunday evening, with a choir, in dressy black, so that meant an early call with barely enough time to eat something and change clothes between 3rd service and the 4 PM call. So this is the first glimpse of May's colors...what I'm calling hydrangea blues (grayed blues ranging from light to a medium dark; no navy or royal) w/ black and/or white. The top is fresh out of the sewing room; it's a crinkle rayon remnant from, I believe, Textile Fabrics' (Nashville) moving sale a couple of years back. The pattern is New Look 2672, a pattern I've been working with for a while to see if I could get a TNT easy fitting woven T shirt.
Over the course of about three iterations, I added a bit of a FBA, pulled in the neckline somewhat (the first one I made was definitely not bra-strap friendly on my narrow shoulders), eliminated the back seam/snap closure, and used a self-bias strip to face the neckline. I may have lengthened it a wee bit; I'll need to see if I made notes.
I really like it in the drapey rayon and it does very nicely for a quick pop over; the only problem with it is that the cut-on sleeves don't play well with a topper. Any jacket pushes the shoulders in and makes the neckline kind of gappy. But with a pretty fabric it stands alone very well.
I really should review it one of these days.
Skinny jeans from Talbots. They don't fit terribly well, but they honestly don't look too bad if I'm not popping my knee. LOL. I've worn them mostly with long tops and boots; it was a spur of the moment choice to wear them today.
If you can get a woven tee blouse pattern to fit well its a great way to quickly make tops. This one looks great on you. I have a not too bad version but am also not quite there yet.
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