Liberty Tie Top
Another spring top today! Made with Liberty cotton lawn purchased at Purl and the same pattern as the Hello Pilgrim dress.
This one was completed just before leaving for New York a few weeks ago so I wore it over to Purl to buy some more Liberty as a reward. Not sure why I felt that making one top meant that I should buy enough fabric for *two* more tops, but I did. I get irrational around Liberty*, what can I say?
I shortened the dress pattern and left off the pockets and sleeve caps, using some bias tape to finish the armholes instead. The tie is longer and I like it…
Spring Top Wrap-up: JUDGES and behind the scenes…
I thought you might like to have a better introduction to all of our beautiful Spring Top Sewalong judges!
Week 1: Adrianna of Crafterhours (whose Skirt Week competition is just starting up again this month), Astrid of Connecting the Dots, and Deborah of Whipstitch
Week 2: Anna of Noodlehead, Shannon of luvinthemommyhood, and Kelli of True Bias
Week 3: Jamie Christina of Jamie Christina Patterns, Dana of MADE, and Lindsay of Lindsay, etc
Week 4: Meg of Fashioned by Meg, Edith of Edeenut Creates, Florence of Flossie Teacakes, and Jenny of Wan Life to Live
A big THANK YOU to these ladies for…
Spring Top Week Wrap-up: WINNERS
Just wanted to congratulate our wonderful Spring Top Sewalong winners one more time with a review and a quick wrap-up!
Here are the tops that won the Reader’s Choice Awards (highest number of reader votes each week):
Week 1: the Simple White Pleats top by Ruby:
Week 2: the Bow Collar top by Kristin:
Week 3: the Gauzy Summer Top by Nicole:
Week 4: Embroidered Tova, by Nina:
And here are the tops that won our Judges’ Choice Awards
(highest judges scores each week)
Week…
Spring Top Sewalong Wrapup: SPONSORS
A big thanks to all of the sponsors who donated gift certificates to their online shops to our winners!
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| Charmstitch | Fashionable Fabrics | Pink Castle Fabrics |
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| Whipstitch | Modern Fabric Studio | Fabricworm |
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| Banberry Place | Fabric Fairy | Magpie Patterns |
Thanks to donations from these shops, I was able to offer great prizes to ALL of our 2012 winners. These sponsors are all shops where I shop for my fabric and patterns, and I would love it if you would support them when you’re shopping for fabric and patterns online!
Week 4 Sewalong Winners!
Here are the results of our final week’s Spring Top Sewalong reader vote and judges panel scoring! Our fabulous panel of four judges scored the Week 4 “Top Tops” to determine a high score for Judge’s Choice. This post marks the end of the “official” Spring Top Sewalong competition, with nearly 400 tops entered this year. Can you believe it? Wow!
Our Week 4 Judge’s Choice Award Winner is the Pretty Bow Top by Kelly:
Congratulations Kelly!!! You will receive a $30 gift certificate to Charmstitch!
And now for the winner of the Reader Vote…

Our Week 4 Reader’s…
Top of the Tops – Week 4!
I’m so excited to present our final group of “Top Tops” for Spring Top Sewalong 2012! These tops were chosen by our Week 4 judges. Aren’t they fantastic? Please enjoy and take a minute to VOTE for your favorite using the poll below! We’ll leave the poll open for 48 hours and announce our winners for this week on Friday or Saturday! They will each receive a $30 gift certificate from one of our Spring Top Sewalong sponsors.
Did you miss the previous weeks’ winners? You can see them here:
Week 3 Winners
Week 3 Top of the Tops
Week 2 Top of the Tops
Week 2 Winners
Week 1 Top…
Striped Knit Top (for me!)
Alright, here’s another spring top by moi…made with the same striped knit as Elliot’s tee (posted last week, see that link for fabric source), and yes, he asks me to wear it every time he wears his so we can match. And do I? OH YES I DO. Do not think me so short-sighted as to believe that this will last forever. The things you do that you said you’d never do…*sigh*
I think it looks good with this red skirt and my bright pink skinnies. Woot!
The pattern came from a trace of a stretch tee that fits well. I plan to teach a class on how to do…
Week 3 Sewalong Winners!
Here are the results of this week’s Spring Top Sewalong reader vote and judges panel scoring! Yaaaaay!!! Our judging panel of three scored the Week 3 “Top Tops” to determine a high score for Judge’s Choice and this week…we had a TIE!
So, our first Week 3 Judge’s Choice Award Winner is the Polka Yoke top by Sam Lamb:
Congratulations Sam Lamb! You will receive a $30 gift certificate to Fabricworm!
And our second Week 3 Judge’s Choice Award goes to the Jasmine Teal top by Karissa:

Congratulations Karissa! You…
Spring Top Sewalong is almost over waaaah!

Just a quick reminder that the Spring Top Sewalong Pool will close tomorrow evening at 8 PM Eastern. Make sure you read the requirements before entering a top. And look at all the fun tops in the pool right now:
Yours could be in there too! Is anyone down to the wire on this one? Are you going to make it?
I’ll be back later today with the winners from this week!
Top of the Tops – Week 3!
I’m so excited to present our next group of “Top Tops” for Spring Top Sewalong 2012! These tops were chosen by our Week 3 judges. Aren’t they fantastic? Please enjoy and take a minute to VOTE for your favorite using the poll below! We’ll leave the poll open for 48 hours and announce our winners for this week on Friday or Saturday! They will each receive a $30 gift certificate from one of our Spring Top Sewalong sponsors.
Did you miss the previous weeks’ winners? You can see them here:
Week 2 Top of the Tops
Week 2 Winners
Week 1 Top of the Tops
Week 1 Winners
Click on the links below each…
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