Summer Top Tutorial -- Finishing the Top

Welcome back to the Summer Top Tutorial!

Cute top, huh?

I finished the top yesterday, and if I say so myself, I'm pretty darn pleased with it. Finishing this perfectly breezy top is pretty simple, once the yoke is completed. So, let's continue where we left off, shall we?

Summer Top Tutorial -- The Yoke

Whew, it is hot out here in South Carolina! It's cool having fireflies swarm every evening, but the days are absolutely brutal what with the humidity. So, I'm making a cool new top to enjoy while hurrying from the air-conditioned car to the air-conditioned grocery store. Seriously, I've never been so happy to stand in front of the veggies or milk!

Those summer clouds turn into thunderstorms real quick

If you saw my last post, then you saw one of the fabrics (the main one, really) that I'll be making my top out of. It's deliciously soft and flowy, but as I've been working with it, I can only say it's more fun to wear than to sew. I wanted the yoke to stand out a bit, so I made it with some plain black knit fabric I had lying around. It's just as soft as the woven fabric, so it's a good match!

I've split the tutorial into two parts (making the yoke, and putting the top together) to make things easier and give people a chance to breathe. Now, on to the tutorial!

Sneak Peak!

As you may have noticed, it's taken longer than usual for my posts this week... well, I promise there's a reason!

Hmmm, what is this, you say? It's one of the most wonderfully soft, woven fabrics I've worked with in a long time. I picked it up ages ago at Joann's (always use those coupons!). No, I did not have a project in mind when I bought it. I was just walking around feeling fabrics and admiring patterns after having put the fabrics I needed in my cart (doesn't everyone?) and this one leaped off the shelf into my cart. Well, that's what I tell DH. I couldn't resist, and I still had one unused coupon.

So, this week I've been taking out my lovely impulse fabric and draping it around my dress form, trying to think of what it should become.