Are you tired of Flowers, yet?

If you've been browsing the crafty and sewing websites, you would have noticed a flower making trend. Flowers on clutches, skirts, blouses. Well, I'm in Flower Bliss!
It is not for everyone, but this trend feeds my obsession with all things feminine.

So, this post is actually about opportunistic refashion. It is about how I sometimes do a refashion without a set plan. It is about how the need for a garment to fit dictates how it is going to be altered.

This is the original top:

OK, yes, I made this top from a tried and true pattern. However, I did choose to ignore the stretch recommendation of the pattern. This made for a top with a very wide neckline. In other words, very ill-fitting.

In order to get this top to fit, I gathered the front and sewed on a flower made from the same fabric. See? It is not as though I planned to install a flower on my chest. The opportunity just presented itself.
(Beware of 3 year olds' curiosity. Mine went, "Flower!", and proceeded to yank the flower from my chest to her nose. If there was someone else around, I would have flashed them.)

I was really sick when I took this photo, but I managed to crack a smile! Then I proceeded to crash on the sofa for the next hour. I can attest to the fact that this top is really soft and comfortable :)