Mirroring Suzy Bee Sews - Life So Strange It Should Be Fiction

I, and several others, have showcased McCall's 6436 over the past few months, so my blurb won't be too detailed this time. Again, the sleeveless view (remember, it is heading into summer Down Under!) But this time I have 2 fellow bloggers to credit my design ideas to. No sneaky photos from behind closed  change-room  doors on this top!!! First off, Pdiddly at P'thrifty sewing blog made the same shirt with a black placket - design steal #1. This idea just made the shirt colours pop! This top has even adorn the Hyatt Hotel, Jakarta! The back view of my top... Just love the fabric - it is a Wenzel Australia fabric with a beautiful cool feel to it. My next design-pinching idea has come from Suzy at Suzy Bee Sews . Suzy must have the biggest stash of funky fun lining fabrics that she pops inside most of the outfits she whips up...  Fun f acing inside one of her latest pairs of pants, and the lining of a fantastic jacket. Please, go and check out her latest sewing craze with...

 ...  my latest shirt.... I was in need of a quick little casual (insert 'big yawn') sleeveless shirt.  So I turned, again, to McCall's 6436. Now this shirt in itself isn't anything startling. But it does have the little added bonus of coming with B/C/D cup size pattern pieces...doesn't that just save a little drafting time??? Now I was only after a very casual top, so used the same fabric as I used last summer for one of my Sorbetto tops .  A neat little blue/cream/white stripe that I found went with a multitude of bottoms.  And to jazz it up a tad, because I am the first to admit it is a bit of a ho-hum pattern in itself, I added a little feature band down the front. It really is just a play-for-fun with the stripes. Nothing fancy, but a little different. I also French Felled the side seams just to add some excitement to this top. And a quick peek at the collar...and the back... So, if you are still awake after reading about this plain-as shirt, head over to...

DD (aged 19ish!) is out shopping with the girlfriends and sends me the following photo.... ...and the added request of ' can I make this but without the threads hanging, hole in the side seam, baggy boob covers and crooked hemline?'  And reading between the lines I also could add 'within her price range, in her length (she is 6'2"!!!) and this weekend!!!'  These light weight chiffon summer tops seem to be all the trend for the coming summer months for the younger age group. From the picture, I do like the use of 3 colours to also tick the colour-blocking-trend box. A simple loose design without many seams was needed to compliment the fabric. Chiffon is usually such a fiddly fabric, but well worth perserving with. And I will be in my element of joy with making a shirt, with French Seams! Ahhh, heaven... So my plan of attack is to cutout a shirt from what I have, using pattern 6436 from McCall's. The sleeveless View A will be ideal, though minus the shoulde...