Infinity Top and Skirt

 In the same order from Fabcycle as the previous post, I got two pieces of a stretchy knit with thin stripes. One was grey, the other a purply brown. I'm not sure what to call it. I thought it was more purple. Still haven't used it. But the grey, I got to it right away.  I knew I wanted a skirt and an infinity top.

I did a lot of googling for the top. I had done this before but I wasn't terribly happy. That fabric was not really stretchy enough. I had made it as a body suit and it was just too much work. In the summer, my SIL gave me an infinity dress from Victoria's Secret and it is amazing. I studied it carefully, how the centre fronts overlap and are folded to the inside. I watched tons of videos and realized I was trying to wear it too low--it always creeped up. The Victoria's Secret one did not have an inner tube top. I looked up infinity tops and the best I could see was there was a long body piece beneath the straps. Patterns For Pirates does have a pattern which I nearly bought but I really thought I could do it on my own (with Victoria's help).

I made the skirt first though.

I'm not really a fan of this way, it's too close fitting.

The skirt is the same pattern as the previous post. It is so comfortable. I lined the waistband with the material I had used for the original infinity top, since it's a firm knit.

Pockets! It's all about the pockets!

Although I do love colours, I also have a lot of grey items (I think a lot came from the same SIL. She often passes bags of clothes on to me and the kids!).  I wore this skirt a lot on our trip. Did I mention it's comfortable? 

I made the straps by piecing them together using French seams. I also tapered the straps quite a bit. Then I added lace to make them even longer because when I tied them, it was right at the end! And I thought the lace added a nice touch (I may have run out of the fabric too LOL).

I don't recall wearing the top very much on the trip, not as much as I thought I would. On the cruise ship, it wasn't really hot inside and outside was also cool until the last couple days. But I look forward to next summer!