When I have a relatively small amount of fabric, just enough for a top, I reach for the Marilla Walker Maya dress and top pattern.

This time around I used a linen remnant from The Cloth Shop. I like the wide neckline facing and sleeve facings; the topstitching provides a little relief to the solid colour.

I used Liberty print bias binding to finish the inside of the curved hemline. Back and front hems are finished before sewing the side seams. This gives a lovely curve to the hems and a very clean finish where the side seams intersect.

You can use bias binding to finish the neckline and armholes too if you like. This pattern is a great blank canvas and is ripe for alteration, modification and creativity. Not that this version displays any of those things!

This was sewn and photographed back in November 2020. I wore it quite often during summer. Size wise it’s size 7 with a forward shoulder alteration, but a smaller size would have been okay.

I used this pattern again recently to sew a winter version in wool to layer over other garments – once I finish blogging the 2020 backlog I will start on the 2021 backlog! In the meantime I’ll dream of weather that allows me to wear linen again. My first versions of the Maya top are here (sewn in 2018) and here (sewn in 2019).  Looks like I’m sewing one each year!