This is another of the garments that I made when I was away at Sewjourn (see, I told you that I  had plenty of blog fodder from that one weekend away).  It’s Simplicity 2181, view A.

Wow, that photo was clearly taken on a very humid Melbourne day before I recently had a haircut – just look at how my hair is all fluffy! The fabric is the most divine drapey bamboo knit. Bamboo is so beautiful to wear next to your skin, and it just flows over you. It came from Fabric Mart – I think that they called the colour Pumpkin.

I had to shorten the top considerably, and even though I took more from the front than the back, it’s still longer in front! I think that just depends upon your height and shape – because (pre-shortening) this top looked absolutely perfect on Karen!

And that’s Kathryn wearing my Simplicity 2599 and Rachel wearing my Alice top! It’s interesting to see the same garment on people of different shapes and heights.  I think that Simplicity 2181 would flatter many people.  It wasn’t difficult to make, and it’s actually quite easy to make all those central folds at the end.  I used fusible tape around the hemline before stitching it down with a twin needle. Because the fabric is quite thin, I think it looks a little ripply at the back, although the front looks fine.  It might have been better blind hemmed.

I’m away for the weekend with my book group shortly – so there won’t be any sewing, but there will be plenty of discussion and crochet! And plenty of this…