This started as a prototype for my Sewing Workshop Mix It Tank Top pattern, a plain white linen top, to check for fit and construction. It fit and construction was easy enough, but was it ever plain! What to do? Doodling on fabric with a black permanent ink marker and colored pencils seemed like a creative alternative to sliding that ugly prototype to the back of the closet where it wouldn't see daylight. The phraseology "you had me at peek-a-boo" was carelessly scrunched and looked more like "you had meat at peek-a-boo." Meat!?? That simply wouldn't do, and so I added embellishments in between the wording, not so carefully; it's a bit heavy-handed. We'll leave it at that. I actually enjoy wearing this charming, tattooed top around the house, and I have plans to develop this kind of embellishment on future projects.
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