Sew-Along!

If you're here from Facebook or here as a follower or because someone sent you or just by chance... WHATEVER the reason, you need to know that I'm going to host a Colette Sorbetto Sew-Along starting May 15th.  It will just go untill the end of May, because the Sorbetto isn't that involved.

Join in if you like and sew up your own oh-so-versatile top.  This is a perfect top for beginners because there's not anything too difficult, but at the same time, you'll pick up some valuable skills (as one ALWAYS does when using a Colette pattern) that will take you further on your sewing journey.  For those of us that are more advanced, this pattern is a great one to alter and add to.  You can really get creative with it!
This is a great pattern to show off a quilting cotton that you love, or to ventrure into possibly uncharted territory and try out a voile or even a rayon blend.

So, just for starters, here are some links for your to enjoy.
The link for the pattern:
http://www.coletterie.com/colette-patterns-news/free-pattern-to-download-the-sorbetto-top
Blog post where gathers are exchanged for the pleat:
http://jemimabean.blogspot.com/2012/05/sorbetto-sneek-peek.html
Floral top:
http://katriniella.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/colette-sorbetto-top/
Sleeve addition:
http://sew-incidentally.blogspot.com/2011/08/sleeve-pattern-for-sorbetto-top.html
A week of sorbetto variations by Mena Trott:
http://www.sewweekly.com/2011/07/7dos-the-starter-sorbetto/

I think that should be enough to get you salivating.
More later!