aloha!

my february garment shall be dubbed the aloha shirt! so as you may recall, i work across the street from a very extensive and inexpensive fabric store, gaffney's. they were having a huge president's day sale, additional 50% off all items in the clearance basement! i found this cute aloha-ish thin cotton for super cheap ($1.99/yd i believe), so i bought 2 yds (way more than necessary, but it was so cute and cheap). i had bought this butterick5450 pattern a while back (during joann's $1 pattern sale!) and figured i'd make myself a modest, yet pretty dressy top. you know, for going on dates, i mean going to work! hehehe.

the top on the far left was really simple to make and it fit like a GLOVE, even without any major alterations! the only change i made was that the original neckline seemed extremely high, and even though i have a really long neck, i wanted the line to sit lower. thus i lowered the neckline by an extra 1/8 of an inch (BOLD, i know heheh). the front was pretty visually interesting. long pleat down the middle with 2 smaller ones along the neckline. the back had the same 2 smaller pleats, also along the neckline. david modeled it at work with me again. this time, on his knees, stooping to my level. hehehe. em was our photographer of course. she loved the fabric so much that i'm gonna make her the same top!!