Shopping mania
Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
I’ve just had a long weekend of joy. Shopping in sewing shops – there’s nothing like it. London and Brighton were my stomping grounds and I was there to spend money. I didn’t have any particular pattern, fabric or notions in my head – I just wanted to buy what I fancied. And it turned out that I fancied a lot!
First up is a vintage style dress pattern – Simplicity 1356 which consists of three pieces only. No zips, no buttons, no fastenings either – a really quick make. It’s a wraparound affair and I’ll be fascinated to see how it comes together. I chose a lovely pink textured medium weight cotton for this which seemed to fit the pattern beautifully.
Next was another vintage style pattern, this time for a 1940’s style blouse – Simplicity 1692. I’m making the pink version in this lovely purple cotton mix which drapes beautifully. And I love the bird print – I’ve been after something like this for ages.
And what about this! Something really different (for me anyway). A pattern for a vintage style bra top (yes vintage does seem to be a bit of a theme here!) – it’s Simplicity 1426. Not sure what I’ll make this out of or where I’ll wear it but I just couldn’t leave it behind. I’ll definitely let you see this little beauty when it’s made up.
Then I just went a little bonkers and choose three more fabrics for no other reason than I liked them. They’re all cottons. The yellow and grey polka dot is probably destined to be a blouse, the green and yellow a dress (this has a beautiful velvety feel to it) and the white is going to form a yoke on a dress with the rest of the material being something very different – this isn’t planned out yet.
Next I found myself in Liberty in London. If you’ve never been, then you really should. A lot of their stuff is a bit pricey for me, but every now and then some Liberty print makes a lovely treat. I bought this wonderful retro print, which is slightly thicker than the Liberty I normally buy, with six red and six yellow buttons in two different sizes. £24.95 a metre is twice what I usually seem to spend, but I only bought one metre and whatever I make in this lovely fabric will be special enough to justify the price. As yet, I have no plans for it but I’m not in a rush – it’s not like I haven’t got other things to get going with!
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