My baby turned 21 back in September and I din't make a dress for her. I would have truly but she decided she didn't need the stress and bought herself an outfit. Me, I needed the stress obviously as I tried my first Stylearc and planned to refashion a leather skirt to go with it. The top Poppy was a hit but the skirt is still in disgrace.
I bought the fabric in Shenzhen in China. A floral and a matching navy solid in silk. As it turned out it wasn't silk (am I surprised?) but pretty non the less. I used some of the baby soft leather from my disgraced skirt as accents. Luckily I had an old skirt in the wardrobe that matched the teal in the top pretty closely which saved me some late minute sewing for a bottom.
This was my first Stylearc pattern and I had a bit of trouble following the instructions. Very sparse and not clear at all with the pleats. In fact parts of the instructions were wrong and a non matching notch added to the confusion. Its a cute top though so perhaps I will forgive them. I purchased the top based on my bust measurement but ended up taking in the princess seams from bust point to the shoulder about 8cms. I did do a muslin first without any alterations and found that I didn't have to do my usual short waist adjustment nor the forward shoulder one. The neckline also is not quite so high or fitted as shown on the illustration.
Overall I am pretty happy with the top. It could have been sewed a bit better but as usual I was in a hurry! New Year resolution - don't wait till the last moment to actually get started!
The birthday girl with her non mother made outfit. And a selfie of the three of us -
