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I really love sewing with knits. It used to be more of a fierce loathing, but I’ve since realized that this has less to do with some innate fault of knit fabric or my own skills, and more to do with the equipment I was using to sew with said knits (or perhaps I should say, *trying* to sew). I don’t want to blather on about that because believe me I have a whole other post in my head about that very topic, but I will say that I do now have a serger so the knit projects go super-quick and are v. satisfying.
Enter the Knit Fabric of My Dreams:
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I’m pretty sure my grandma wore variations of each of these tops with white polyester pants back in the eighties. Anthro seems to be pushing the look pretty hard, it’s just that I have yet to see something like this actually walking down the street on a real person. Is this back? If it is, I’m thinking it might look really nice in one of these two fabrics of mine:
What say ye? I do realize that it’s the middle of November and that the odd juxtaposition of fleece hat tutorials with Mexico photos may be a bit jarring for some. But what am I supposed to do, wait until spring to post these swim coverups? Maybe they will help put you in a tropical state of mind.
  
… I’ve finally gotten back my selfish-sewing mojo. It disappears for a little while after Top Week as I tend to get completely burned out and never want to sew for myself again. For about a month. And then it comes back. This time I made a knit shirt out of that recycled cotton stripe I used for the baby tights (tutorial and pattern can be found on the sidebar). someone insisted on being part of the photo shoot
I drafted the pattern for
… I’m not sure anyone noticed with all the voting hubbub around here lately but I didn’t post a top yesterday. Here’s what was holding me up:  Oh woe is me. When I decided to try to do a top in a different fabric every day, I should have thought twice about what I actually had in the closet to work with. This stuff is downright nightmarish, puckery, wrinkly, fraysalot. And I don’t even know what to call it, but I’m certain it’s some kind of polyester. The words of Heidi Klum on Project Runway keep running through my head: “That’s $300 of POLYESTER!?!” (But didn’t you feel SO bad for…  Here’s my top for today, a tunic of my own design made with Far Far Away double gauze by Heather Ross. The main fabric has little tiny snails which are oh-so-cute and as you can see the orange fabric has unicorns on it. Some of you old-timers may remember that I made another top from the orange fabric last summer (blogged here). I really love these unicorns, what can I say?  see the little snails? aww…
I can’t really say much more because Clementine’s on a nap strike today so I have about 5 minutes to get this… 
" @iheartlinen @onegirlcircus @suchdesigns aww yeah! and totally agree w/ K, you were totally ROCKING that dress today!! " — madebyrae
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