I’m thrilled to be a stop on the Love Notions For the Love of Dresses and Tunics tour! Stay tuned til the end for your chance to enter the fabulous giveaway!
I sewed up a La Bella Donna Top in a yummy sweater knit that’s just perfect for our traditional family Valentine movie night.
Paired with my jegging knit Sabrina Slims I’m ready for a cozy night in.
Before I cut into my planned fabric I made a tester version in a bargain find sweater knit. I did the slimmer shirt version and added height to the band to make it tunic length. I loved it right away and decided this will be my date night out top! It’s so easy to glam it up for a quick dinner at our favorite little Thai place.
I made a few tweaks to my planned version after sewing this to get exactly the look I was after.
I added height and width to my cowl to really make it pop! I love this floral sweater knit and really wanted to showcase it against the graphic stripes. I can never get enough stripes and florals together!
I added an inch to the arm length and also brought the front neckline down about an inch and a half. I kept the doubled height of the bottom band from my tester.
A comfy, cute top that will get worn way beyond Valentine’s Day.
We’ve had pizza and movie night every Friday night for as long as I can remember. With five kids our weeks are so crazy that come Friday night we just want to snuggle up and be together!
We always have pizza- by Friday this mom is done thinking about dinner! Sometimes we order in, some days we make our own but every Valentine’s we’ve got to get a heart shaped take and bake from Papa Murphy’s.
It was an ‘artistic’ heart this year…
The kids all settle in on our ‘pizza blanket’ while mom and dad get comfy on the couches. We’ve been loving introducing our kids to some of our favorite childhood flicks. This night though we had a handful of extra boys and they picked ‘Here Comes the Boom’- totally blew my Valentine’s theme!
Throw in a little popcorn and treats and who needs to go to the real theater!
We’ve always got a little snuggler or two who join us. The perfect start to our weekends!
(On a side note- my hubby is in a play and has to grow his hair out and can’t shave for a few months. He was super embarrassed to make his blog debut as my homeless husband! I love the change though but we’ll keep that our little secret!)
I hope you’ve enjoyed your glimpse into our little Friday night ritual with a Valentine’s twist. Make sure you catch all the other stops on this fun tour to see more gorgeous takes on some amazing Love Notions patterns.
Now the part you’ve been waiting for! Enter the giveaway for your chance to win your choice of 5 Love Notions patterns (you can check out some of my favorite Love Notions makes here, here, and here) and $50 to spend at Girl Charlee.
SewSophieLynn 
This is such a great post! I adore your La Bella Donnas! Thank you for joining the tour!!
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Thanks for having me Kelly! I love this pattern so much and it was sure fun to get the family involved in my post.
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Oh Tami! I adore this whole outfit! I’m really liking the 1 inch stripes.
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Thanks Abbey! I’m addicted to stripes too!
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They both turned out super cute! Love them!!!
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You are so talented. I love both tops you made. Stripes and florals are so good together. I have this pattern. I must go sew it up now.
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I really like this pattern and you’ve made a really lovely version. I think your mods worked out great!
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Really love the stripes and floral!
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I love both versions! I really like how La Bella Donna has the bodice sleeve go farther down the arm than most other dolmans. I already have two dolman patterns, but this is tempting me to get a third!
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Really adorable! I’ve never really considered the Bella Donna, but I think you’ve changed my mind!
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Love both of them! Especially loving the floral cowl. I’m all about the floral fabrics right now!
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So darling! Makes me want to join the stripes and floral team!
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I just love everything that you make. The La Bella Donna is one of my favorite shirts. Looks great with that floral cowl!
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I love that floral cowl! They both look fantastic on you.
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Love these patterns! The stripes are awesome.
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You’ve made me want to sew up another LBD for myself! Thanks for joining the tour and giving us a peek into your life, I really enjoyed reading about your Friday night tradition. Sounds like a winner!
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Great blog. I love the LD pattern. Although I haven’t tried it in stripes yet. I love the b/w with floral scarf!
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I love your La Bella Donna tunics, they look amazing on you…also love your Sabrina Slims. I enjoyed reading your post, such a fun night. I miss my children being little, now they have littles of their own & they are wonderful…thank you for sharing…
God’s Blessings,
Renee A
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I’m loving both your shirts and how we used the same pattern but have totally different looks! Your customizing for you is great! I really like the longer waistband. Your Friday evenings sound wonderful! Somehow our pizza night has become Thursday night which really messes up my mental state on Friday. I want to check out of cooking, but can’t because we have already had pizza. 🙂
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I love the look you created with the stripes and the florals it made go and purchase the LA Bella Donna for myself. I already have some fabric in my stash just waiting for this look.
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Great fabric choices!
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I’m not normally a fan of cowls…but I LOVE a scarf (is that contradictive). This is AWESOME! This essential is a “built in” scarf! Love the stripe/floral combo! 🙂
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Both of your LBDs are so cute! Love the fabric combo on the stripe/floral, and the grey one makes a great basic.
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