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I liked this Butterick 4986 so much, I bought it last night at Jo-Ann's regular Butterick $5.99 price instead of waiting for a give-away price of 99 cents. Especially View D, the far left one.

But I did take advantage of the Simplicity 99 cent sale. . .5197

It looks sort of like the Tory Burch tunic Oprah wore on the July 2005 magazine cover. Not that I want to dress like Oprah, but there's been pretty good buzz about Tory Burch lately. Her ballet flats have become hot collectibles on eBay, and she's currently dating Lance Armstrong. I actually did a trial run of the top left/pink view tonight with a wild fern print stash fabric. Hmm, there's a very good reason why they show it in solid colors or tiny print! But the first go-round went pretty well. It seems to run a little large in the shoulders, and I'm going to recurve the upper neckline. There's potential! Had the trial fabric not been more suitable for home dec - sofa upholstery, pillows, curtains even - it could have been a keeper.