A little while ago I joined Helen Funkbunny on an adventure into town. We visited the history filled Phillips Shirtmakers - a working factory, still sewing shirts, hidden upstairs in the middle of Melbourne's CBD. It was fascinating!
I was completely overwhelmed by the bolts of dead stock shirting available - it was their first fabric sale in their 60 years of manufacture - and limited myself to filling a bag (well, ok, 2) with scraps for $5.
Among my treasures are some decent little lengths, some vintage Liberty scraps, and 5 left sleeve plackets...
One of my favourite scraps was a navy floral cotton, so light and soft. I didn't have enough to make a top, so I paired it with two rectangular shaped scraps in a more masculine striped shirting - and made a cute little summer tank top.
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Sunday, 30 November 2014
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
A silk sarong for Sydney: V1310
May I present .... a sarong...
(post edited to add some daylight photos of the V1310 skirt & Pattern Review post)
(post edited to add some daylight photos of the V1310 skirt & Pattern Review post)
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| worn backwards in this shot, as worn to a wedding |
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