I wanted to get my February Burda Challenge garment out of the way and I’ve been wanting to make this cute top from the February 2013 Burdastyle. Double score. I really like several of the garments out of the magazine this month. I also like the skirt pictured with the shirt.
My son was helping me and taking pictures. “Hey mom, look grouchy.”
“Mom, show me double thumbs up and look happy.”
“Hey mom, I think someone is falling down the stairs.”
Back. Boring. I do like how the sleeves are so different in the back.
Here’s a close-up of the front. I ended up putting on two rows of topstitches because the faced edge wanted to curl out away from the gathers.
Let’s see, overall, it’s very fitted. Um, very fitted. Luckily the material is very stretchy. I’m not sure I love it to tell you the truth. It makes me look very busty (score!) but also very hippy (anti-score). I’m also not loving the length. Oh well, you can’t love them all. Don’t get me wrong, I do like it though. I think it would make a cute dress in a different fabric and a bit more ease through the torso. I made my typical size 34. Maybe I’ve gained weight since yesterday? Maybe this one is just clingy. I do really, really like the gathered shoulder. I think it’s a neat look and it’s super easy to make. I think I have only an hour or so into this top and that includes the tracing and cutting.
