Made for ME: Top in Pale Yellow Voile

I finished a couple things for myself a couple weeks ago, a little selfish sewing for ME! First up is this lightweight and breezy top in the palest butter yellow:

As you can see it's definitely a summer top, yes that's me over here trying my hardest to keep summer alive. You can also see that the voile is pretty sheer and so I wear it with a tank top. But don't you think with a cardigan it could work for fall?

I purchased this solid voile back when it was part of the solids collection by Anna Maria Horner, but now you can find these solid voiles as part of the Free Spirit Solid Voile collection (I'm a little confused over whose solids are whose, but since AMH fabrics are produced by Free Spirit, methinks it probably doesn't really matter).

I fought the urge to put the white ric-rac all over this top, in my head it had ric-rac trimmed pockets and a ric-rac trimmed neckline, but looking at the final product I'm glad I stuck with the "less is more" philosophy.

The basic pattern is loosely based on the Smashing Smock pattern found in Seams to Me by Anna Maria Horner; I've fiddled with that pattern in the past for my own personal purposes (here and here), so you can see hints of it in this version although for this yellow version I must admit I completely redrew the pattern pieces. But the basic idea is still the same, right: a double-sided yoke with a gathered bottom portion.

As a Hopeless Color Queen, I personally like to wear it with green skinny jeans, these are surprisingly super-stretchy and comfy. With red moccasins of course (which I love despite the fact that they turn my feet a freakish shade of red)!

While I was taking pictures, Clementine woke up from nap and decided to get in on the photography action. Love this little kiddo! {her dress blogged previously here}.