I always dreamt of being a designer, darling.

(Not the greatest photo ever; blame the 6 year old photographer.)

I've made myself another top, from a piece of jersey type fabric my Mum gave me at the weekend.

It is basically two rectangles of fabric (quite a bit bigger than my body to allow for gathers) which I've sewn together into a tube.

Then I made a channel around the top edge and threaded through some fairly wide elastic.

I then added some straps, and hemmed all around the bottom.

It's very comfy and cool, disguising my mummy tummy!!

Actually this would work well as a pattern to make a maternity top, just using wider pieces of fabric and more gathers at the top.

(I would like to stress here I am NOT pregnant!)

A summer top

 I've made this cotton top on my sewing machine, without the aid of a pattern, I think it's come out brilliantly!

 I used an existing top as a size guide, but this top is basically made of rectangles - a large one for the back, and 5 panels for the front. It is slightly shaped around the armholes, and it's slightly a-line overall.

I'm not sure about this steppy neckline so I might turn the corners under to make a curvier edge.