Crafty: Fisherman-inspired tunic

This fisherman-inspired tunic got inspiration from the Merchant and Mills' The Top No. 64. I bravely decided to self-draft the pattern in the spur of the moment. Despite 1 failure I persevered on and ended up with a pretty nice tunic. I am really looking forward to pulling this on in the winter. The fabric came from a sale at Minerva and is so soft.

It took me a long time and lots of concentration to get the stripes of the pockets to line up so that they blend into the body of the tunic.

Chunky zip on the back.

I decided to add a contrasting stripe section under the arms - the jury is still out on elbow patches...

L xx

Crafty: First dress finished

Sorry for the delay, its been a really busy month at dent school with exams and moving house. But now I am mostly settled in Harrys place until mine becomes available and dent school (finally) ends on Friday! Yay! Harry and I have booked to go to Rome in a couple of weeks which is really exciting, bring on the heat and crowds, haha - but there are so many beautiful buildings to look at which is going to be amazing.

So here is the finished dress...

Not quite as I designed but it looks good on and fits perfectly. The back is slightly different. From start to finish this took me a whole night, I just couldn't stop and listening to the audiobook of Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan didn't help with that.

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