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La Bella Donna by Love Notions

The La Bella Donna top was on a Featured Friday sale a few weeks back. It's REALLY hard to pass up a Featured Friday at Love Notions... a regularly priced $10 pattern on sale for $5... and they're really nice patterns too!
**Disclosure: I have included my affiliate links to these patterns throughout this post. If you choose to purchase using my link, I will receive a small commission of the sale.**

I tried a Love Notions Pattern for the first time this year, and was so impressed. I finally knew why everyone seems to love them so much!

Information about the Pattern:

You have quite a few options for sewing this pattern! It can be made in a tunic length or a dress length. There is a curved hem or hem band. The neckline can be turned in and hemmed, made with an included hood, or have a cowl neckline. For the dress length, there are even optional pockets. It really does have lots of options. You can make it differently many times!


The pattern is drafted for knit fabrics. It has dolman style sleeves. They can be made short or long. It goes together really quickly! 

My Shirt:

My shirt is made from a jersey from Amelia Lane Designs. This is a new arrival fabric right now! It has great horizontal stretch, but not much vertical stretch. I chose my size based on the size chart, although my fabric doesn't have the recommended vertical stretch. I think it fits just fine! I'm really happy with it. 

I chose the regular neckline (without the hood or cowl). The neckline is turned under about 1/2" and hemmed. I love bands because of how fast they are, but this is so nice-looking. It lays perfectly and looks really beautiful! 
I really love this pattern!

Fabric:

As I mentioned, this fabric is from Amelia Lane Designs. I'm really loving everything I find there. The quality has been amazing, the customer service has been super fantastic. They ship REALLY fast, and they have good prices! If you've never checked them out, you definitely need to!! Head over to their site here: https://www.amelialanedesigns.com/new-arrivals-1
Visit their facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ALDfabric/

I made my sister one too!



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