Argh! Selfish Sewing Week was last week – yes I realise! I did sew this top last week, I just couldn’t manage to get it photographed and blogged until today.
It’s the Sewaholic Belcarra Blouse – a pretty straightforward raglan sleeve top for woven fabrics. I used rayon for this version – I’m a big rayon fan, it’s not difficult to sew with, feels nice to wear and is easy to look after.
I made a few small changes to the pattern. I left off the sleeve cuff that comes with the pattern and instead used my narrow hem foot to finish. The pattern calls for a deep hem, but given my height (5’10”), I used a smaller 2cm hem. I also added about 3cms in length to the pattern when I cut it out – just to make sure it wouldn’t be too short.
This is a size 8 graded out to a 10 at the hips. I could have gone more fitted than this and I may do in future, especially for work tops. The floral fabric in this top makes it casual or dressy, so I think the looser fit is ok. There is a great sew-along on the Sewaholic website, including options to narrow the neckline if you don’t want to be worrying about your bra straps peeping out. If I was making this top purely for work, I think I would definitely go that route.
I love this fabric sooooo much! In fact I may have gone back to the fabric store and bought the rest of the bolt (another 3.5m). A whole wardrobe of floral on navy….. why not??!
Some outtakes with my trusty assistant.
Did you manage to blitz Selfish Sewing Week? I hope yours was more productive than mine!
This pattern has been on my wishlist for a while – yours is divine! I love rayon too – where did you buy yours from?
We’ll, it’s still SSW where I love so you made it! I was just looking for a women’s top pattern I could make with woven fabric. This is great! And the floral is amazing. Good thing you bought the rest because I think you need to make a dress with it.
It looks gorgeous!!! Love the floral print 🙂
Beautiful top! I have this pattern but haven’t gotten around to it yet. Hopefully before Xmas!
Great top Renee, love the fit. The print is cool, too 🙂
I think that is the prettiest belcarra blouse I have seen yet, and the fabric is gorgeous!
you look amazing and the top is awesome too. That fabric is lovely. I should really try and participate in the next selfish week as I never sew for myself and I really should.
The top is lovely, you look very pretty and your “backyard” looks like great mountain biking terrain. Super cute photobomber too. So much to love in this blog post!
I love that floral print! And your top turned out great!
I love this pattern and it looks lovely in the fabric you have chosen.