I love the Madeleine fashion range and they have picked up the lace theme like all the other designers and I really love this particular look. Having successfully completed my first Jalie 2805 I kept thinking this would look great in black lace with either a nude underlining or a black camisole underneath. You know sometimes when you go out near to Christmas and want to look a little glamorous, but its getting cold, exposed shoulders are only going to get covered up with a shawl, so I think this is the perfect compromise - a sexy lace turtle/polo neck.
I have already mentioned before how quick this top is to make, I would say it takes just over an hour from start to finish, made entirely on the serger, and I think it worked even better with a textured fabric rather than a plain knit and here is the result of my hour's work. Below on Edna with some pearls.
Here you can see I used the edge of the fabric for the cuff end of the sleeve - I wanted them long and sheer - I think that it worked out well.I have some more of the black lace left over, and have some plain black knit in my stash (somewhere) which I would like to use to make the same top with a plain back and front and just the sleeves in lace.
Sadly I didn't get as much sewing done today as I wanted - we had to go looking at washing machines, fridge freezers and tumble dryers with my daughter. I also have 9 for lunch tomorrow, so decided to prep the veg, and make some cakes to cut down on the amount of work I need to do tomorrow.
Hopefully I can get a quick project done before they all turn up - if I can find the black knit in my stash, while I have the black in my serger it will save me rethreading the serger.
More later................................
