baby sailboat top
as i said yesterday one of my sewing goals for 2016 (and the rest of 2015) is to sew more patterns i haven't made before, specifically the oliver + s patterns. specifically the oliver + s patterns.
until a few weeks ago one of those patterns i had, but hadn't sewn yet was the sailboat pattern.
i whipped up the top from this pattern for a friend's baby using lawn from stonemountain & daughter (seen here in nora and etta's back to school hopscotch skirts), silver and grey polka dot quilting cotton (seen in the show & tell library dresses and the farmers market sunday brunch jacket and 2 + 2 blouse), and some silver buttons I picked up from the east bay creative reuse center after brunch one saturday at the fabulous aunt mary's cafe.
this is a darling style for a lot of reasons, but my two favorites are the shirt tail hem line and the facing.
since the lawn was so lightweight i used french seams for the sides (as i had done with the recent hopscotch skirts).
since the lawn was so lightweight i used french seams for the sides (as I had done with the hopscotch skirts).
as much as this top was a joy to sew and i can think of a ton of fabrics that it would look great in, it's on to the next pattern!
check out my progress sewing all the oliver + s patterns here.
