I am officially addicted to making the Sorbetto top. It's foolproof. This time I made it without the center pleat to focus attention on my newly purchased hand-stamped batik fabric.
I figured the batik was pretty appropriate for wearing around town, as it's the official uniform for most Jakartans, especially on Fridays (here they have batik Fridays instead of Hawaiian shirt/casual Fridays). The amount of batik available in the city is overwhelming... so many patterns, styles, different qualities, patterns, colors, etc. I shouldn't complain because it is absolutely beautiful, but it's almost hard to know where to start! This piece I used for my Sorbetto is just indigo and white, which is pretty traditional, and I am pretty sure the pattern falls into the "parang" category.
I love the simplicity of the all-batik top, but I am also really tempted to modernize it a bit by adding a contrasting edge in a super bright color like orange or fluorescent yellow or something. We'll see. Maybe my next Sorbetto...