New Look Burdastyle Mash Up

While I was Christmas shopping at the mall, I got a little distracted at Country Road.  The object of my distraction is this top:

I went straight home and dug through my stash to find a piece of white linen and some black rayon knit.

My plan was to use the top of Burdastyle #109 04/2013 and join it to the lower section of New Look 6871.  The top half was to be in linen and the lower part in the knit.  I then proceeded to draw out my bodice using a Frixion pen and ruled horizontal lines where my embroidery was to be.  This is the first time I have really used the embroidery stitches on my Juki sewing machine.  I didn't bother with embroidery thread, just using regular black thread.  After I had completed all of my rows of embroidery, I cut out my bodice and then ironed the pieces which erased all of my pen lines.

I cut a facing for the neckline out of more of the linen and made a loop closure from a piece of poplin.  The button was from my stash. I used a knit binding to bind the armholes then finished the hem with a twin needle.

My finished top is actually quite different from the inspiration top but the embroidered bodice was what drew me to it in the first place.  I am really pleased with the way this turned out.  The black rayon knit is really quite drapey and hangs nicely when worn.

 

Would I make this style again?  Yup definitely in one form or another.  This is the third time I have used New Look 6871 and all three versions are very different so I certainly wouldn't rule out a fourth.