Anthro - Leaf Filigree Top

I have been inspired yet again by an Anthropologie top.  This time it is the Leaf Filigree Top.  I was intrigued by the lace with embroidery overlay and decided to use it as a jumping off point for my next creation.
  

Anthropologie Leaf Filigree Tank

            Here is my rendition:

I struggled with the lace option.  Should I cut out the background fabric leaving it sheer or keep the fabric.  As you can see I choose to leave the background fabric.  I decided that it would be to much trouble to cover up the ole bra straps. 

The base fabric is a rayon knit and the flowers are a fine cotton print.

I have had the rayon knit forever and loved it so much that I was afraid to cut into it!  After all I only had 5 yards of it and what if I made a mistake?  I know you understand how I felt.

The cotton floral print is rather new.  The problem was that it did not completely match the knit.  What to do?  Then I remembered that I had won these Pentel Arts fabric markers at an ASG event.

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This is a flower from the cotton print - you can see that it does not not have the purple and gold color of the knit so I used the crayons to fill in some of the white space of the print - now it coordinates with the knit.

Next issue, how to overlay and apply the lace?  I decided to use a piece of heavy silk organza under the lace and then overlay it on  the knit. This technique worked great - giving the lace the body it needed to support the applique.

Close up of the flower applique



Although it is difficult to see, I used two white threads in the needle when I appliqued the flowers on the bodice.

I plan to make a little shrug of the knit to cover up my granny bat wing arms.  I really don't like to expose the public to those things unless really provoked!

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Happy Sewing,

Michele P