I want this top. On the one hand, I think I could make one using a modified Sorbetto pattern (http://www.coletterie.com/colette-patterns-news/free-pattern-to-download-the-sorbetto-top) for half the price. On the other hand, I would have to get a hell of a lot better at peter pan collars, and I haven’t worked with lace yet. And I am going through a lazy/low energy phase and who’s to say when I’d actually get around to making this top. Plus, I have a skirt that I should be making for a friend, that I should probably do before starting any experimental shit. Also, I have hit a wall, where, as I’ve been sewing for a year, without any formal classes, my ambition has outpaced my ability and I am frustrated. So I can slice through all of that, to eventually make a somewhat shoddy facsimile of shirt I want, or I can give ASOS $17 and have it in ten days. Or, you know, I could do nothing and live without having one more shirt. God, my commitment to consumerism is staggering sometimes.

I want this top. On the one hand, I think I could make one using a modified Sorbetto pattern (http://www.coletterie.com/colette-patterns-news/free-pattern-to-download-the-sorbetto-top) for half the price.

On the other hand, I would have to get a hell of a lot better at peter pan collars, and I haven’t worked with lace yet. And I am going through a lazy/low energy phase and who’s to say when I’d actually get around to making this top.

Plus, I have a skirt that I should be making for a friend, that I should probably do before starting any experimental shit.

Also, I have hit a wall, where, as I’ve been sewing for a year, without any formal classes, my ambition has outpaced my ability and I am frustrated.

So I can slice through all of that, to eventually make a somewhat shoddy facsimile of shirt I want, or I can give ASOS $17 and have it in ten days.

Or, you know, I could do nothing and live without having one more shirt.

God, my commitment to consumerism is staggering sometimes.

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