Perugia Blouse from Ottobre

This top is a little different from the usual tops that I like to make. In fact, when my husband saw it on Diana (my dress form), he went, "Huh.... that's very different!"
And indeed, it is a different, and I wasn't too sure if I really liked is first. We are after all, creatures of habit and find comfort in routine and the norm. Once in a while though, I think it is important to step out of our imagined comfort zone. So I decide to make this sleeveless top shown here on the cover of Ottobre:

The fabric is a Polyester Charmeause(wow! Look at me, actually knowing the name of the fabric I'm using!), and I thought that it would be a pain to work with. However, it wasn't that bad at all. This fabric was given to me by my buddy, Wendy. She gave me yards of it, and I decided that it is the perfect fabric for this top.
Isn't the bow cute?

I don't have anything like this in my closet, and I've never really thought of myself as a "bow" person.
View of the armhole and the dart:
Unfortunately, the fabric doesn't really press really well, so the dart is quite obvious. It doesn't really take away from how pretty I find the top to be, though.
And I was able to make use of my vintage buttons.


As it is a tradition now, for the 3rd row running, I'm going to enter the spring top sewalong:
It is a contest of sort for the best spring top, but if you are like me, you will enter just to go along with the fun. I just took a look at the Flickr pool, and there are some pretty amazing tops entered already. This year, we are allowed to enter 3 tops and I'm hoping to get all three tops entered before the dateline, which is on May 9th. I hope you will join in the fun too.
This is the photo that I will enter into the sewing pool:

Hopefully, it shows enough details to be interesting!