My chanel-inspired bell-sleeve boucle top

I wanted to to do bell sleeves in a top and I wanted to have a boucle top because it looks so fancy and sophisticated. So this is what I made last year in May (for my son's First Communion). And I did my signature style - a chiffon ribbon down my back. Just an extra touch when you turn your back for others to see.

Honestly, boucle fabric is really elegant. I should take photos and showcase my collection of garments made from boucle fabric, if I think carefully I have (I had) about 5 pieces (hmm ?!) to show. It's not a lot but I regularly come back to boucle (pink, black'n white, mustard, blue). It can be a difficult fabric to sew because when you cut pattern pieces they start falling apart so you have to serge them fast.

I took pattern from Burda 7/ 1994, size 40; mod. 113; a simple T-shirt pattern but if done in a beautiful fabric it is elevated from simple to beautiful. I think that the neckline is too wide and deep so I could make it narrower but I forgot to do that. I changed the opening to a side invisible zipper. I made front and back darts to make it fitter.

I would love to make a skirt to go with it but I don't want to look old or older. I hope I won't look like and old lady in this. I have grey hair so ... 

I bought the fabric in this online shop (it's Croatian): https://mattex.hr/
I don't know how much it cost me but I took everything they had - maybe 3 m or 3.6 m of this fabric - I'm not sure. When you see a nice boucle fabric for a decent price just take a lot of it, don't skimp.

Oh, and I love my new sandals. I got them from Spartoo, they are Pikolinos (a Spanish brand) and worth their money - 119 EUR. They are made of real leather, golden and very soft to wear. I'm a very thrifty person because I plan to use them for trousers, shorts (bermudas) and, of course, for dresses - one for all.