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You may remember seeing this vintage pattern once before right here: The Thimberlina!
It is the other fabric and trim I bought on the Yorkshire Spoolettes meet up in April. Luckily, this fabric is not blemished in any way and was nice to sew and is lovely to wear.
I used the same pattern again and this time decided to use the trim in steps down the front. I once had a dress my sister bought me and I always liked the front. I also knew I could end up with a whole fleet of blouses exactly the same!! Remember the Lotties!?!?!
Anyway, I made it exactly the same way as The Thimberlina, and pinned and measured the trim before sewing it on with a small zig zag stitch. I bought a matching cardigan and hey presto a great Summer outfit.
This colour makes me feel like I should be eating ice cream!!
Fabric: 1 metre of soft cotton £4.00
Notions: 1 yard of polyester lace £1 from Dewsbury market
Wonky Factor: 6/10.. It’s too short for me if I stretch up!!
Amanda 💝
Sew Deputy 
Looks great with the lace. Was wondering what you were going to do with it. Nice colour and texture combo! Nee 🐝
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This is a lovely colour for you, Amanda, and what a creative way to arrange your lace! Love the whole thing, and hope you do another one or two… 😉 Your mention of the back neck darts gave me the idea to adjust some of my blouses the same way. Thank you for solving another fit difficulty! 💕
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Haha, it’s a good way isn’t it. And I have noticed they are always included in vintage patterns, so it must be a modern idea to not have them! X
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Modern, indeed! And another reason why vintage can be so much better! 😉
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Very pretty! I love the bit of lace to break it up.
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Thanks Linda. X
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Gorgeous top Amanda! The lace detail is genius!
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Thanks Hila! Xx
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I swear, my face is turning green right now! 😅 I don’t live in the UK (as I’ve mentioned many times before, I’m from the US😀) and so I’m just hearing about all these great shopping places and wishing I could go there too! Although, I guess US has NYC, which has some good fabric shops, but still….
I love this top. And the lace too, what a deal! Is the BM feeling under the weather?
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It’s the teenage years when her mother irritates her badly!!! Hahaha but she has been promising to resume duties for next week!!!! Fingers crossed!! I keep telling her you are all missing her!! Thank you! X
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Love the color, stripes and lace! It’s a top I’d wear again and again myself!
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Yup very pretty, but you don’t look too happy…. hope BM’s behaving behind the scenes!
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Not happy with stroppy BM I reckon! She is going to be back in the driving seat ready for next weeks blog post. She has promised!!
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A fun top! I like NavyBlueThreads idea too. Have you broken up yet?
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Another week to go!!! What about you???
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I’m done! Hope you have a great last week x
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A very pretty top! I agree about the ice cream colours – yum!🍦
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Lovely! I love how you used the lace to make such a pretty trim. Great idea from Teresa too, if you had chance to nip back for more lace that could solve your length problem. Hope you will still wear it in the meantime!
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Thank you! We need another meet up in dewsbury organising! Let’s hope Ali is reading these! Lol
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Is Dewsbury good for fabric shopping?
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Yes!!! And lots of trims! Have a look on the Dewsbury meet up post I did….or Neela or Ali. Actually quite a few of us!!! We had bags and bags of shopping!
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I’ve had a look at the posts – thank you! Looks like I should take a trip to West Yorkshire in the summer hols 🙂
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I’m here!!!!!! We do need another trip! Will have to arrange a date! I think maybe a Wednesday in the school hols for all the teaching folk and a Saturday in September for those who can’t get time off through the week. How’s that sound? x
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Excellent! I’ll be at both!!! Lol
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Very pretty colours Amanda, and yes you definitely should have used it for an excuse to pose with an ice cream 🙂 Hope the shortness doesn’t put you off wearing it- layer of lace at the bottom too?
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I ran out!!!! Hahahaha
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