Sheer lace top
Another one of my spring tops for you today, this one in off-white lace.
spring top 2013 - 01
I have to say, I die a little of embarrassment whenever I show my face on this blog. I know I probably come off as a sort of person with narcissistic and attention-seeking tendencies (I mean, give me a break, you kind of have to be to be a blogger, no?), and though that may be partially true, for some reason it seems weird knowing that you're all looking right at me and I can't see you back. I get self-conscious and I feel like I have to say something about facial expressions that are awkward and strange (like in this post), or my thighs, or whatever distracting thing I feel the need to comment on -- that you probably wouldn't even notice otherwise. Sometimes I get around that problem by cropping my head out of a shot, just to focus less on me and more on the garment (Exhibit A, below). But it's hard to be the headless blogger all the time, especially when the composition works better with a head. So I guess I just have to be okay with posting cheesy pictures from time to time. Anyway, enough about self-consciousness; more about the top!!!
spring top 2013 - 04
This top was completely inspired by this lace top I stumbled across on Pinterest. I fell in love with the photo and couldn't stop thinking about finding some lace to try to recreate it. I think I got the overall look down but now there is the issue of "who wears this? and WHERE?" -- which I didn't really think through completely before I started. The outfit with the gold earrings and the pink pencil skirt, for instance, reads more "ladies who lunch" than "Rae about town" or "Rae carting child to karate" or even "Rae on a date" or "Rae goes to church," so when am I going to wear it? I don't exactly yet know. Suggestions???
spring top 2013 - 02
One other (pretty major) problem of wearability still exists with this top, as the ladies who witnessed its first donnage last week at our latest local sewing meetup will attest: I cannot get this top to stop busting open at the snaps. This was obviously due to a gross underestimation of how strong my chest is. JUST KIDDING. I blame the clear snaps that I picked up at a nearby sewing superstore, which, though nearly invisible and therefore seemingly perfect for a white top, won't stay shut worth a damn. I cannot comprehend why one would need snaps that don't close. Maybe to dress a mannequin? A corpse? Neither one is on my agenda, at least for the near future.
spring top 2013 - 05
This beautiful lace fabric came from the remnants floor at Britex during our recent family trip to San Francisco and the pattern is my own, something I drew up based on my measurements using a pattern-making book. The edges were trimmed with a strip of white voile cut on the bias, which worked out quite nicely, methinks. This lace was slightly stretchy but much easier to sew than the stretch lace I used for the Angel Top, so it went together quite quickly. Oh, if only it would stay on.
spring top 2013 - 07
.This is top #2 of five that I'm planning to post this year as part of my Spring Top Sewalong! You can join in by sewing something for yourself and posting it to our friendly photo pool! More info can be found here. We've extended the sewalong until Monday, May 27th, so you have just a couple more weeks to sew along!