As I may have mentioned a time or two. The Moneta dress pattern from Colette patterns are one of my go-to patterns for comfy knit dresses. I like it so much that this summer I decided to make it into a top as well. In my stash I had a small piece of diagonally striped jersey that has been there since last november. It wasn’t much, only 75 cm – the last of the roll when I bought it. But it was so beautiful that I had to have it. Even if it weren’t much I could do with that little fabric. Still, I thought I could combine it with so other fabric or make a crop top or something. And that is how the Moneta dress pattern came into the picture. The top half of the Moneta pattern would make a lovely crop top. So I tried it. But when it came down to it I really don’t like to show my belly anymore, and I don’t have that many high waisted trousers/skirts. So I decided to ad a piece to the bottom for a bit more coverage. This was simple enough, but to make it more interesting (and make the most of my small piece of fabric I decided to do the bottom piece on cross grain. That way the stripes would go the other way, making a cool effect. Luckily the fabric has a bit of stretch in that direction to, though it’s not a full 4-way stretch fabric. I[…]
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