I finished sewing up Simplicity 2892 at the end of January, but it’s taken me until now to organise myself to photograph it and blog it.  That’s fairly reflective of life at the moment!  I’m trying to take things a little more slowly this year and not rush all the time.  Some things can wait.

This is view D – I also have view A cut out (waiting). The fabric is beautiful to sew with and to wear; it’s voile from Anna Maria Horner’s Little Folks range.  I thoroughly recommend this fabric for garments; it’s soft and silky and the prints are lovely – I call it “poor woman’s Liberty” (at A$33 per metre/US$12.50 per yard versus A$50 per metre for Liberty – and yes, I do buy the voilie from the US).  I’ve bought two dress lengths of the Innocent Crush range of voile as well (one cut out, waiting).

The gathered yoke is a lovely feature of this top, although it is time consuming and fiddly.  There is too much bra strap exposure for my liking, but that can be remedied with one of those bra-strap-holder-thingies.

Melbourne decided to be hot again today, so this top was perfect. I’ve written a more comprehensive review of the pattern here.

And WOW, how sweet you all are – we were so touched by all your good wishes on my last blog post!  Thank you so much – mr thornberry was particularly chuffed.