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Café crème Sorbetto – FO 23/2011

September 16, 2011

I know that pretty much everyone else in Blogland has made one of the lovely Sorbetto tops from Colette, but in truth I wasn’t completely convinced it was a shape I could carry off.  And everyone else’s was so amazing I didn’t want to let the side down.

However, I took the plunge and made this one from that lovely café crème fabric of unidentified fibre composition purchased from Abakan.  I knew I had enough spare from the dress I’m planning to make and as the fabric was really quite inexpensive I could afford for this not to be a huge success.

I needn’t have worried – it seems it does work for me after all.

And I’m much happier with it than my face would suggest in that picture!

In my defence I was trying to squeeze a quick photo shoot in before breakfast, which I could smell cooking and was more than a little distracting.

“Cooked breakfast” I hear you ponder.

Why yes.  The Husband and I have been away for a couple of days.  More on that later.

But back to the Sorbetto.  I like it so much I’ve got a second one on the table now.  Hopefully it will be finished fairly soon.

 

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Comments

  1. Jane says

    September 17, 2011 at 5:07 am

    It’s lovely when you find a pattern that works, this looks lovely

    • PendleStitches says

      September 19, 2011 at 8:47 am

      Thank you. I’m rather pleased with this.

  2. chicaandaluza says

    September 18, 2011 at 9:00 pm

    I think I will have to give this a go…I had the same reservations as you. The fabric is gorgeous!

    • PendleStitches says

      September 19, 2011 at 8:47 am

      Thank you. I do like it.

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  1. Café crème dress – McCalls 5042 – FO 13/2012 « Pendle Stitches says:
    May 8, 2012 at 9:47 am

    […] had plenty of fabric left over from the café crème Sorbetto, so used it to make the round necked version without the waist […]

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