I know this place is at risk of turning into a lingerie blog lately, but I can’t help naming this top after the 3-step zig-zag!
I made it mainly to wear to work. Yeah, I know – I spend my summer holidays sewing clothes to wear to work! It gets really hot in my workplace during summer and I needed more lightweight stuff.
The fabric is viscose and only cost $2! It came as two 40cm remnants that were not even full width (this could easily turn into a remnant blog too if I’m not careful…) so there was a bit of creative cutting that day.
We went down to the harbour to this vantage point where there are always people fishing – as you can tell by my hair it was a bit windy! Please excuse the creases from five minutes sitting in the car too – it is so hot and humid around these parts at the moment.
I modified the pattern from this orange top that I made a couple of summers ago, making the shoulder a bit wider and adding a tie neck like this ink-stain blouse. Only the tie is shorter because, you know – 40cm.
The guy in blue caught a fish!
I went back and shortened the back more at the hem, to cut off the very tops of some zig-zags that were annoying me – they looked like holes in the hem when worn against black!
Reading through the comments on the orange top, apparently I promised a tutorial on the armhole binding technique I used. Obviously two years later I am still working hard at it, hehe!
Well you’ll be pleased to know I photographed all the steps when I made this top, so watch out for a tutorial soon – just don’t hold your breath!!
Great top and perfect for stash busting. I’d love to know how you did that binding. Will definitely be watching out for this tute. Thanks!!!!!
Cool tops for work are a must and yours is very smart, love the design and looking forward to reading more.
Thanks, I don’t mind the change in direction at all now – at least it is symmetrical!
I love a good remnant! The fun of discovery and then the fun of such making something out of next to nothing. The zig zags look great.
I’ve already made another similar top from another remnant I found! It feels great to finally sew them up and rid my stash of them!
Great top and great pics! I love the zigzag print.