Sunday, January 26, 2014

Return of the Peplum


On this snow-covered day, I present you with my newest creation: a cranberry colored peplum top with short sleeves. I made it with the same pattern as the no-sleeve peplum tops I made a few months ago in pink and blue.




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It has princess seams, which I think are always so pretty.

The fabric I used for this shirt has a very interesting provenance, actually. It came from the Boston Ballet Costume Shop Yard Sale, when the Boston Ballet costume shop sold bundles of scraps of old costumes in plastic grocery bags and sold them for a dollar. I found this lovely, slightly heavy, rich cranberry-colored fabric there.

What I love about this shirt is that it can easily be dressed up or down – with black pants and a nice necklace, it becomes the perfect outfit for going out somewhere dressy. Or, with jeans and a cardigan, I could wear it to school.

Yesterday I went on a Joanne’s run and got some grey stretch for a t-shirt peplum for Anya – I’ll post a picture of that one when I’m finished!



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