Aka, my first make from the Katran Fabric Market. This top didn’t take two metres of fabric, but when I asked Sameer what I should name it he came up with that. Largely because the most infamous moment of my Indian Fabric Market experience was when Sameer proudly exited a fabric shop having pressured the nice seller into giving me exactly two metres of fabric- rather than the ‘two and a bit’ they had been working with up until that point. (This has now become a topic of debate between the two of us, because certain Sameers still maintain they actually did the right thing). Anyway, I actually don’t think this is the two meter fabric, but it is the first fabric from the market that I cut into. So. The fabric is a very thin cotton. Not quite thin enough to need a double layer or lining, but thin enough that I do think it won’t last such a long time before it wears though. It also has a wee bit of a stretch … Continue reading The Two Metres Top