Summer White

You might recognise the pattern for this top! I made it a couple of years ago in burgundy silk dupion, and it has literally worn out. I missed it so much that I made another – this time in a gorgeous embroidered cotton silk. Can you believe I don’t have any white tops in my […]

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Blue Crop Top, and a Reader Question Answered

This top was finished hot on the heels of my pink cropped kimono sleeve top, but it has taken a little while to take photographs of it – finally here they are! I took the opportunity to use up some leftovers of a gorgeous lightweight cotton sateen that I used making this dress several years […]

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Boxy Crop Top with Kimono Gussets

I’m so short of tops to wear to work at the moment – you know the situation, when you have clothes but nothing seems to look right together.  Lately I’ve been feeling the need for more cropped tops to co-ordinate with high waisted bottoms, and when Carolyn recently posted a similar styled top she made […]

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Tangerine Tango Top

I finished this little button-back shell this week: You might recognise the orange spot fabric from this post! It’s in that “new” shade of “Tangerine Tango” that according to Pantone is going to be in fashion next year…but quite frankly I thought it was in fashion last year.  Well all the chain stores were full of it […]

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