a fluttery top | Burda 06/2018 #121 Softly Gathered Top

Out of my comfort zone style-wise, but wanting to add more separates and unusual tops into the mix, I like this fun little top.

Another make from the June 2018 Burda issue, this is called Softly Gathered T-Shirt' and that is a pretty good description.  By the way, the June 2018 issue was a realllly good issue.

Burda 06/2018 #121 Softly Gathered T-Shirt....... traced a size 36, sewed and serged all seams.  If you don't subscribe to Burda's monthly magazine, you can download all the patterns as a .pdf at www.burdastyle.com for a reasonable price.  This one can be found here.

Photo Credit:  BurdaStyle.com

Missed the 'softly gathered' identification of this pattern, I 'strongly gathered' the gathers and had to ungather almost to nothing.  Truly 'softly gather' when gathering this one.  ;)

Fabric came from Joann Fabrics off their 'Silky Print' section.  Quite a surprise to me as this is a stretch crepe and I thought the Silky Prints were all non-stretch wovens.  I got three different stretch crepes that day.  This one can be found here.  It's fabric content is 93% polyester 7% spandex, is opaque and pleasant to wear.

A raglan top with a yoke that covers the shoulders, creates a lovely fluttery sleeve.  Still feel my skill is lacking a little when adding binding to a neckline, I did not 'pull' it enough on one side, my right, and you can see it sort of stands away from my body a little.  It's okay.  I can live with it.  At one point worried the top might look night-gown-ish.... but think it looks like a fresh summery top in the end.

Back is pretty much just like the front, so one of my labels was sewn into the back neckline as soon as possible so I will be sure to wear this top front-side out!  Please excuse the ragged hair this day, methinks it's time for a trim..... not to mention we've had an enormous amount of rain lately, and it was raining when these were taken so the humidity was awful too.

Below you can see a little of the volume in this top.  After wearing it tucked out this day, decided to try it all tucked in.......

........and like it so much better.  Wearing it with the new white twill Burda Shorts  that was  recently completed.

Both items complete Sarah Liz's Make a Garment a Month Challenge for July and August, as both pieces were made to coordinate with each other..... even though e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g goes with white, right?!!  ;)

The top also completes a make for August 2018 Burda Challenge.  Even if you subscribe to the magazine, you really might want to create an account (it's free) at the website because that's where you see all the better photos of each pattern/garment and can 'save' those to your 'Studio' to refer back to when needed.  Also, they are now publishing each issue as a 'Lookbook' and you can simply 'click' through there almost like looking at the publication, saving along the way for when you are ready to make those items.  You can check out June 2018's 'Lookbook' here.  It's really helping me stay a little more organized.  Not to mention there are some really creative ladies there that do not have traditional blogs.

Okay, one last look at this cute top...... untucked.....

..... and tucked in all ready to move on to the next project.....

.....which will be Simplicity 2188 view A top out of crepe fabric that I could not tell if it had an 'up' or a 'down' to save my life!  Already cut out and should be a fairly quick make.  About ready to switch over to Fall sewing soon...... just not quite yet.

Happy Sewing All!  :)