i swear this is the last of my tale of 2 items, for now. hehe. for the holidays (for jodie) and for adrea's 35th bday, i made both fabulous ladies my favorite top, ever. twinkle sews' "take manhattan" top. i learned from when i made this top for myself with lamba pockets that lamba was far too heavy of a leather, so i consulted the local leather expert, eric hehehe, and he suggested i use real lamb for the pockets instead, as lamb is far lighter than lamba. now a small disclosure: while eric loves helping me design for my sewing projects, this does happen to be his least favorite top, ever. he hates cowl necks. hahahahaha, too bad i have 2 versions of it myself.
for the 1st one for jodie, eric chose an eggplant lamb, as this lady loves her purple. she probably sports purple every day, somewhere in her outfits! for the main body of the fabric, i used a very thin navy and white striped fabric. jodie lives in northern montana, is fiancee to our dear friend mike (!!!!), and life is more casual up there, so a more casual rendition this is. i topstitched the leather in bright purple thread for a little contrast.
the pocket also has a double line of stitching down the center to separate it into 2 pockets. topstitching on leather, with no guide lines is NOT EASY. i did my best, using all the tricks up my leather expert's sleeve.
along the edges, i also topstitched in this purple thread. it actually looks navy from afar, but jodie and i know it's really purple!
the cowl doesn't drape as nice as i had hoped (duh helen! shirting fabric doesn't really drape!), but i thought jodie looked super cute in it when she wore it out to dinner last weekend when visiting!
the 2nd top was for my oldest friend ever, adrea, the goose. gal lives in boston. she has a super hoppin' social life, with fancy dinner dates out in the city with her hubs, cocktails, the works. i decided to make her a black version. eric always chuckles at my regular errors in stitching, BECAUSE I ALWAYS DO MAKE AT LEAST 1 ERROR, GRRRRRR, and for adrea, I somehow stitched the cowl into a mobius strip. this isn't the first time i've stitched a mobius strip. sigh.
adrea's has a brown lamb pocket. (eric has such great leather taste!!) i wanted a little bit of contrast, hence why i didn't go with a black pocket like in mine. i used the same black fabric as in my black version, but lucky girl, her pocket doesn't sag like mine hehehehe.
i love making this pattern. the style is so modern and fun. one day i'll branch out!
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