Yesterday was my birthday and I recently discovered that I share my birthday with two other lovely sewing friends, Jen from Gingerthread Girl and Amelia from Sewing Machinations.
We were all together for Sew Brum last weekend and Jen and I cooked up an idea as a way to celebrate.
Jen and I decided to buy each other 1 metre of fabric as a gift and make the same garment. We decided on the True Bias Ogden Cami, as it is a quick easy make and is easily done with a metre of fabric.
We quickly decided on this stunning petrol blue peachskin from Guthrie & Ghani. At time of writing, it is still available on their webstore.
I had already made two previous versions of the Ogden cami but it was Jen’s first time. I love how simple and wearable the top is. I love to wear it to work under a cardigan or on a (very rare) night out, with skinny black jeans.
The peachskin was beautiful but it was actually a bit tricky to work with as it was quite slippery, which made sewing the facings to the outer shell a bit fiddly and I don’t think my straps are lying as straight as they should be, but I don’t think anyone else would notice so I have just left it as is!
I also made the mistake of ironing on too higher heat so I have left a slight iron mark, but again, probably something only I would see.
Jen and I decided to launch our new tops using the new Instagram Live ‘add a friend’ feature, which was essentially just like skypeing a friend but having the rest of the internet watching – very strange!
Anyway, I am super pleased with my top and I can’t wait to see Jen again in real life so we can get a good picture of us both together in out birthday camis!
x
Totally love your cami! I just purchased this pattern, it’s printed and taped ready to cut out! I was wondering if you felt it was true to size or if you needed to make adjustments!
Thank you for sharing!
Hi Patricia, I think it is pretty true to size – let me know how you get on x
This is gorgeous! What a lovely idea. I hope you had a lovely birthday!
Thank you – yes it was wonderful! x