Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
If you celebrated, I hope you had a good one. Here’s my usual SPD outfit.
I made the top about four years ago PB (Pre-Blog) from some
fabric I picked up on a trip back to SF from Discount Fabrics on Mission. It’s a sheer fabric that I underlined with
some white lining fabric in my stash.
The white lining really makes this fabric pop and provides the necessary backing so that it can be worn in public.
The shamrocks are made from green glitter
which gets everywhere. The morning after our St. Pat's festivities, I
noticed glitter clinging to my neck – even after a long shower. The price we pay for fashion. For the rest of the year, this top rests in
an under-bed storage bin inside of a plastic bag, protecting the other clothing
items from being permanently covered in green glitter.
The top is entirely self-drafted, so no commercial pattern
used. My only complaint is that even
though it’s lined, I still feel where the waist seam joins the peplum, and it’s
a little itchy. I think I’m feeling the
scratchy glitter in the seam allowance (yes, more glitter issues). Maybe
next year I can sew some type of interior “belt” out of quilting cotton or a
heavy-ish fabric to cover this itchy little seam. Other than that, I’m really happy with this
make, and love pulling it out once a year to celebrate being the little bit of
Irish that I am.
Hasta pronto!
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