all black

top - burda magazine 02/2016, #103

racer back top underneath - burda magazine 06/2014, #125

leggings - made by my friend greska

once i had a black top 

that looks almost exactly as this one

(picture evidence here)

it was one of very few things that i actually bought in past few years

and i only bought it cause i was out of town for few days

and weather suddenly got real cold

so i had to buy something to keep me from freezing

..

wore the hell out of it

until one day i decided to paint some shelves wearing it

and it got few nasty white paint smears

..

so when i saw february blouse pattern

i knew what i'm turning it into

(well, other than that gray version

that i've showed you in my last post, that is)

i wear a racer back top underneath, not for modesty reasons

but because it was quite windy when we took these pics

but i kind of like the effect the top creates

..

sleeves may look like design feature

with those transparent panels

but in reality i had only tiniest bits of both fabrics

after i cut front and back,

that i had to piece sleeves from scraps

..

neck is finished with narrow satin bias tape

looks rather neat

but you'll have to take my word for it

 as i forgot to take pics of that

..

mokosha

simple

top - burda magazine (02/2016, #103)

skirt - burda magazine (08/2015, #110)

graham hat

made this skirt once before (never blogged about it

but you may have seen it on my ig account)

and that one was quick and easy make..

this one, however, was a whole nother story

as i did pretty much everything wrong 

from cutting fabric to hemming the skirt..

but i did finished the darn thing in the end

and it doesn't even look bad

so everything's fine

..

top is the 'test' version of pattern from february burda issue

and might be my favorite thing ever..

i used narrow selvage strips as neck band

(sewed unfolded, slightly stretched selvage strip to the neckline, 

and then topstitched it.. love how it curls a bit)

..

hat is another favorite, even though it's too large..

yarn is wool/rayon/acrylic blend

and i have it in few more colors

so i might just knit one graham hat in each of those colors

..

mokosha