Must Make Summer Woven Tops

#dahliasewciety #sewingvlog #easysewing
Let's talk about the tops I made last Summer and the Summer before that! They've stood the test of time!
Closet Core Cielo
store.closetcorepatterns.com/...
Chalk and Notch
Farrah
www.chalkandnotch.com/shop/wo...
Fringe
www.chalkandnotch.com/shop/fr...
Victory
www.chalkandnotch.com/shop/vi...
Tessuti Alice
www.tessuti-shop.com/collecti...
Grainline Hadley
grainlinestudio.com/products/...
Peppermint Boxy Top
peppermintmag.com/sewing-scho...
Marilla Walker Maya
www.marillawalkerpatterns.com...
Helens Closet Ashton
helensclosetpatterns.com/prod...
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I'm 168cm tall 5ft 6
My Measurements in Centimetres
Bust 104cm
High Bust (above bust) 102cm
Waist 95cm
Hips 112cm
My Measurements in Inches
Bust 41 inches
High Bust (above bust) 40.1 inches
Waist 37.4
Hips 44
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[@MadeByTriniLena]

Love it

[@raquelseydewitz203]

I’m watching this in the summer of 2021! Just the inspiration I needed!

[@MadeByTriniLena]

Love the demin blue fabric 👀🧵✂️

[@Irishgirl51]

Thank you! So many great patterns!

[@thedahliasewciety]

You are so welcome!

[@cleanqueen75]

I love the top with the flounce sleeves!

[@rubyjenkins1738]

Oh my! I loved everything!

[@thedahliasewciety]

So glad xx

[@NotesfromtheSewingRoom]

Loved seeing your range of tops and hearing your recommendations 🙂💖

[@thedahliasewciety]

Oh thank you! Hope you're feeling well xx

[@elainesnyder8210]

Love your fabric choices and patterns. Thank you for sharing very inspiring.💗

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thank you so much!

[@lynneprentice4278]

Thanks for the reminder of some of these patterns. I am now really inspired to make some of them! 😍❤️

[@thedahliasewciety]

You are so welcome!

[@bridgetwhite5547]

Love your makes. Stunning

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thanks so much 😊

[@heideray7343]

Each and every one are amazing! Enjoyed so much

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thank you so much!

[@TheSerialHobbyistGirl]

That pineapple fabric is gorgeous!

[@SunShine-000]

Thank you so much for the inspiration! You’ve knocked it out of the park with this video and I hope you do more like this!

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thank you! Will do!

[@tracyfrost]

Love it thanks

[@thedahliasewciety]

You’re welcome 😊

[@Naki50]

Really cool love all the colours you wear

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thank you xx

[@jadeelise7982]

these tops are SOOO cute! I cant pick my favorite. and i love the jeannie nod 😊

[@thedahliasewciety]

Haha a bit of fun xx

[@SarahWilliams-oo6zg]

You were so cute in all your makes! Love the Jeannie nods! Very informative. I love sewing wovens. Can't wait to see the knits as well.

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thank you so much!

[@ValancyReynolds]

Thanks for this video! Exactly what I was looking for in terms of ideas and advice about easy to sew summer tops. Soooo helpful!🤩

[@thedahliasewciety]

My pleasure!

[@BELLE-jn1nq]

Awesome video. Thank you for sharing your creations with us. So inspiring.

[@thedahliasewciety]

You are so welcome!

[@abe5849]

So thankful for videos like this-I appreciate the reviews that you give each pattern. I also love repurposed fabrics from vintage clothing:). I made the Strata Top from Sew Liberated this spring and used her Sew Along that she posted.

[@thedahliasewciety]

Wonderful! Sounds like great idea!

[@christycampbell1874]

I loved I Dream of Jeanie!! You're so fun to watch and this video was super helpful!! Thanks!!

[@thedahliasewciety]

You're so welcome!

[@nanastevens4094]

Great collection, love that rounded square neckline.

[@thedahliasewciety]

Me too!

[@nancyloomis3046]

I love the Hadley top and I’m in the U.S., so shipping is only $5. I’m putting it on my “sew” list. Thanks!

[@thedahliasewciety]

Wonderful!

[@elainebridge9059]

Love this video and oh my goodness so many gorgeous tops! Here in uk we need these sort of clothes at the moment and I’m now considering making lots if not all of these! So good to see what they look like on the body. Thank you 😊

[@thedahliasewciety]

Yay! Thank you!

[@dianekelsey8910]

Great vlog. I love them all

[@thedahliasewciety]

Yay! Thank you!

[@patticlark9321]

Very fun and cute tops... thanks so much for sharing!

[@thedahliasewciety]

You are so welcome!

[@anneelias5610]

Love this video Kristen, inspired me to try some creativity with the Peppermint Boxy Top!

[@thedahliasewciety]

You should! Its a great pattern!

[@foxeymoore]

Really enjoyed this video.Thank you so much.xx

[@thedahliasewciety]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@dianavazquez9404]

Love all the box tops . It’s amazing how you mix the floral and solid colors. I have a sewing machine, but get lazy to use it.

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thank you so much!

[@Lorij83]

I love how you used your scraps.

[@thedahliasewciety]

Its a great scrap buster!!!

[@qormi1000]

Great fabrics for the tops. Great video. Thank you. xx

[@thedahliasewciety]

You’re welcome 😊

[@janfranklin2114]

All fantastic makes a great inspiration. Love the nod to Jeanie.

[@thedahliasewciety]

Love Jeannie haha xx

[@nevem5010]

Love I Dream Of Jeannie ❤😄. What a great range of tops in gorgeous shapes and fabrics, thanks for taking us through them. 🌹

[@thedahliasewciety]

You are so welcome!

[@gerrysiebert8639]

All lovely. But I think your keen sense of colour is best highlighted by that second scrap busting top!!!

[@thedahliasewciety]

Oh thank you!

[@christinacruden886]

Excellent work. Lovely colours on your fabrics. Most enjoyable to watch. Thank you for sharing. ❤️

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thank you so much!

[@elizabethalejandro4749]

I like all the summer tops.nice .

[@thedahliasewciety]

Glad you like them!

[@michelleyoung7364]

Thank you for your fav woven tops. However I must tell you how much I love your fabric choices.

[@thedahliasewciety]

Glad you like them!

[@heatherr9201]

So many nice tops, thanks for sharing...

[@thedahliasewciety]

You are so welcome!

[@michelemeehan4834]

Just discovered your site Love that you have a "real" figure like me! Many of the sites I like (upcycled garments) are all for skimpy garments

[@thedahliasewciety]

Awesome! Thank you! So glad you're enjoying xx

[@juliarushing1920]

great video! You are very striking in the dark prints with bright pops of color!

[@thedahliasewciety]

Oh thank you!

[@edinacole6382]

What a great video and great tops! Please do more videos like this

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thank you! Will do!

[@StitchingDeb]

Kristen ~ I'm a little late to the party on this one, lol! I have been binge watching you all weekend! Your makeup here is so beautiful! I adore these "favs" videos you do and this one was especially good! I love so many of the tops you featured here. I will be adding to my pattern and fabric collection with recommendations here! Thanks for all you do for us and have a wonderful evening!

[@thedahliasewciety]

Oh thank you! So glad you enjoyed!!

[@dianemorrall2687]

I do like the Fringe top in the rayon. I have this fabric in my stash ready for Summer. It's lovely.

[@thedahliasewciety]

Wonderful!

[@EileenR11]

Really lovely collection of tops. Just making my first Fringe top today - hoping to make many more.

[@thedahliasewciety]

Best of luck! I love it! xx

[@carolyates484]

You always make such beautiful clothes and you don’t disappoint with your tops. I have some of the patterns you are showing and I haven’t made them up. I need to make these patterns up and not be afraid to see what they will look like on me. Thank🎉 you for making these patterns up and letting me see them on a real humane person.

[@thedahliasewciety]

Oh thank you!

[@vmac5987]

Great video. I have a similar shape to you so thanks for doing this review. I have some these patterns in my collection so will have a go at them. Thanks again V xxx

[@thedahliasewciety]

My pleasure!

[@aseret01666]

This was brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing these tops - all really suit you too, especially the fringe (which I'm now going to buy, along with the Cielo). My favourite top pattern this year is the Ashton. I've hacked it into a dress already and it works very well, in a midi length.

[@thedahliasewciety]

Glad it was helpful! The fit on the Ashton is so good!

[@rosemarymorris9140]

Great video. It’s lovely to see patterns made up on a ‘real’ person. My favourite is the finge. 😊🇨🇦

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thank you! 😊

[@Angela10226]

Oh my goodness that black fabric you used for the Grainline pattern was amazing. Pretty tops they all look great on you.

[@thedahliasewciety]

Its so lovely and vibrant! xx

[@arlenemurphy804]

All of them are beautiful..you look lovely.. love the prints ❤️❤️❤️ love the Alice

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thank you so much!

[@livingmy2ndchance]

OMGOSH!! What a great selection of tops. I need to find more time to see. So many tops, so little time. :)

[@thedahliasewciety]

Yes! Thank you!

[@kathleenturowski1631]

Each top was more beautiful than the next. Well done 👍

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thank you! 😊

[@alexandrawellington8028]

Great reminder of your fabulous makes!! i love Jeannie too xxx

[@thedahliasewciety]

I'm over winter already! haha

[@alexandrawellington8028]

@@thedahliasewciety I feel you!!! I have so much to sew up for winter and no where near half way!!!

[@renereid9820]

The v neck shirts are really slimming on you. I’m really a fan of it. I’m incorporating the small v with a more organic look, not the sharp triangle v’s that I do not care. Well done.

[@renereid9820]

*care for much.

[@darrenagar2958]

I love all your makes, a great range and really nice to see you model them. Great to see the same pattern in different fabrics. You make a wonderful Jeannie . I hope you and your family are all surviving your lock down and curfew hours. Stay safe and let’s hope a solution is found for the whole COVID-19 virus, and quickly. ❤️

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thank you so much! Yes, we are all surviving! haha its certainly a test but its nice to all be safe. Lets hope it works to bring the numbers down xx

[@cathyfranck3871]

Lobe your Gustav Klimt print. One of the favorites in my sewing room!

[@cathyfranck3871]

Love!!!

[@thedahliasewciety]

I have a few of his prints, love them xx

[@claudianowakowski]

I love the Jeannie doll!

[@thedahliasewciety]

She's such a treasure!

[@helenawagstaff959]

Great range of tops, love your choices. My favourite is the Grainline Studio willow tank, I’ve made it twice normal length, a cropped version and the dress. They have a gathered skirt dress hack on the website as well. It’s great when you find something and make several versions from one pattern in different fabrics. I have the Hadley so tempted after seeing yours to make one. 😊

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thanks for sharing! I must try the Willow, I've heard its a great staple too! Thanks for watching xx

[@its_me_jen_jen9204]

Am absolutely loving your videos. I am a size larger than you, and I love seeing, approximately, how a garment would look on me. However, I wonder if we, the commenters, can maybe agree that there is nothing less “real” about a smaller body? I keep seeing “real women” thrown around in the comments section and it feels unfriendly to our smaller sisters. I’d love it if they were made to feel welcome, too. All bodies are perfect as they are.💚

[@thedahliasewciety]

You are so right! Every body is a real body!!!

[@ddinitialssarahcouture2768]

Like ususally a great choice of pattern and fabric ! Yes it s important for us « real woman » to see this pattern on an another « real « woman ..we have the same mensurations and the same age ! And you ve been such an inspiration for me ..! Thanks !!! 😊😊😊

[@thedahliasewciety]

You are so welcome!

[@astridbeckmann2520]

So inspiring vlog. You're so right: Seeing the garments on real bodies gives me more ideas and courage to try them. Thank you!

[@thedahliasewciety]

It really does help! Thanks for watching xx

[@janmiller1850]

😍 😍 😍

[@cherylp.3347]

Those tops are awesome! Love the fringe top. I must make it. 5 months to summer, I hope to be as small as you then! I’m still at about a 20 and was out at Spotlight today getting summer top/dress patterns. I thought I had lots of time to look through the new pattern books and fabrics. ( no one waiting in the car for me for a change) came out of Spotlight and had a $70 parking fine! For being too long in the store. Shouldn’t have gone looking at curtains. 20 years I’ve shopped there and have never seen a sign. So, needless to say my longtime relationship with Spotlight is over. So great to know there are many online pattern companies, and fabric companies I can support! Thanks, Kristin! ( btw love Jeannie. It’s been very recent I’ve dug out the old DVD series and watched them with my teenage daughter , who is now a fan too!

[@thedahliasewciety]

Oh no, if you're anything like me you could spend hours in Spotlight! I always have so many ideas when I get in there!

[@kckazcoll1]

I Dream of Jeannie vibes :) Some lovely styles to prepare us for summer here in Aus. Looking forward to it!

[@thedahliasewciety]

Hope you like it!

[@kckazcoll1]

@@thedahliasewciety the DoJ vibe? Yes I do :)

[@jennetthamilton7942]

Thank you for doing the woven tops. I'm trying to get away from wearing either short sleeved or long sleeved the shirts depending on the weather. I love the tops with the grown on sleeve and a cuff. I love repurposing thrifted clothes. I have been using extra large scarves to make summer tops.

[@thedahliasewciety]

Glad you like them!

[@wendyobriant9691]

😳 wow tops like reds

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thankyou xx

[@nataliestanchevski4628]

I love tops with a yoke and gathering above the bust. I'm not a huge fan of the high-low style though, my bust is so large I already get that effect with a regular hem lol.

[@thedahliasewciety]

They are the comfiest tops!

[@gailmartinez830]

Love all of these patterns now to get the courage on how to print them.. will I have enough ink. Ummmmm love your choices of materials. And that picture on your wall is cool thank you again ❤️

[@thedahliasewciety]

So glad you enjoyed! xx

[@teslaandhumanity7383]

With your talent you must draft your own patterns and show us 🌸🌺🌸

[@thedahliasewciety]

One day!

[@denisedorsey2889]

Thank you for sharing these beautiful makes. I appreciate your thorough reviews, including the type of fabric you used, size you made, details on construction. It would be helpful for you to include in the description box the pattern companies and pattern names. Or include links, even better! Would you say most of these are beginner friendly? I'm new to all of this and one thing I'm looking for is a sleeve that doesn't set in. I could tell on some, especially when you put up the line drawings. Thank you for modeling these lovely tops. I'm in the process of making the Fern top by Pattern Scout in a linen. I'm so excited!

[@thedahliasewciety]

Yes, everything I showed in this vlog is listed in the description box. The links are all there too! The Fern top is so lovely!

[@denisedorsey2889]

The Dahlia Sew-ciety Ah, I see them now! Of course you are so thorough I should have known. Thank you for setting me straight 😊❤️

[@carolyates484]

I really enjoyed this video that you did on tops for summer. There are many of these that I’m going to get to make tops for summer. We are going into summer here in Vegreville, Alberta, 🇨🇦. Thank you for your putting together this video. All the work you put into doing this video. Is there anywhere I can go to find more of your videos? I look forward to your next video. Carol

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[@jorjaprice2190]

Hi, great video, actually working on a Cielo today. I have been away for awhile and have so many vlogs to catch up on. I noticed your Klimt's The Kiss picture and wanted to tell you that Emmaonesock.com has a dutch digital panel of the same print. The panel is a knit. Emmaonesock is an online fabric store out of Philadelphia PA. I love the fabrics. If you decide to give it a look, do a search for dutch digital and then scan through the thumbnails and you will see it. Thought that was pretty cool when I saw your print. Have a great day!

[@thedahliasewciety]

Oh wow, that sounds incredible! Love Klimt xx

[@JuneGaffney]

A great round up. I'm Melburnian so am loving planning ahead. I like how I own some but not all so lots of inspiration. You did mention some of the sizes you made in each top. Is it possible to list them next to the pattern name in the description? Along with your measurements it gives such a help, I can tend to err on the side of too large. Your makes look spot on. Looking forward to the next round up!

[@thedahliasewciety]

Hi June! I made size 14 in most of them and a large in the Tessuti Alice top! Hope this helps and thanks for watching xx

[@lilianely389]

Hi Kristen. We are so lucky to be able to sew so many clothes. Your Tops are beautyfull and it gives me some ideas. Thank you. I have a great news to tell you. I have got my plane ticket to fly in Sénégal and be able to join Hubby 😃. We are both so happy. I'll travel on 27th of july. Thank you for your support 💟

[@thedahliasewciety]

I'm so glad! Wow, thats been such a long wait! So excited for you xx

[@lilianely389]

@@thedahliasewciety Thank you

[@anessaharris9947]

😀

[@lindafrench6046]

Hi, such stunning tops. 😊 Your lipstick is gorgeous -what are the details please?

[@physioontheriver7325]

Great vlog as usual. I’m just about to make some summer tops so very interested. I’ve got a few of those patterns but haven’t sewn them up yet so onwards and upwards! Diana

[@thedahliasewciety]

Thanks Diana xx

[@bellepoupee61]

So many tops! Where do you put all those lol! TFS! Christine 🇨🇦

[@thedahliasewciety]

So much in the wardrobe at present!

[@create_something_pretty]

Kristin can I ask when you do your facings do you use interfacing. I've always been unsure if it's necessary. What do you think?

[@thedahliasewciety]

Usually I use a light fusible but sometimes on Linen or thicker cottons I don't!

[@kf9058]

Hi, for the boxy top did you just cut the fabric on the fold rather than doing the button back? :-)

[@thedahliasewciety]

Yes I did! I had plenty of room to get it over the head too!!

[@JenRussoMaui]

what size did you make in the Cielo top? thanks for this video!

[@thedahliasewciety]

I made a size 14! It’s a great pattern!

[@JenRussoMaui]

@@thedahliasewciety thank you. I am piecing the pdf together today. Love your you tube content.

[@JenRussoMaui]

@@thedahliasewciety also did you make the cielo dress? have you done a boxy dress patterns vid?

[@kayphuff]

I did not catch the pattern company or name for the top that had the flutter sleeve all the way down. Could you please give more info?

[@thedahliasewciety]

Oh sure that would be the Farah by Chalk and Notch! It comes in a dress or blouse version www.chalkandnotch.com/shop/womens-farrah/

[@gamk8348]

Hi!!

[@thedahliasewciety]

hello!