MAKING AGAIN

The urge to make has returned, which is a bit of a relief because it had well and trully dissapeared there for a while. The material which has been stealthily calling me for the last week is this Liberty print light cotton in a beautiful fresh pattern full of reds, browns, oranges, teals and light duck egg blues and gold. I've been wanting to try the pattern below for months, for no particular reason than I can and want to. And now the material has called...

It's from one of my japanese craft books, and the book is full of simple little tops and pant combinations. I'm going to do the pants in the printed cotton, and the top in a light white cotton. I'm experimenting with French Seams as well, having decided overlocked edges were too much for the smallness of the outfit, and it needed something more tailored. If I get it right, I'll do another complete outfit in the whole printed fabric, and carry on with some other fabrics I have lying around. I want desperately to create outfits for children using bold patterns and interesting colours which just don't seem to be around at the moment, at least not in Australia. I saw so much beautiful clothes in the UK and France, and so in the next year I plan to try and replicate a lot of what I saw - either sewn or knitted.

And then pray somebody has a little baby girl who would wear this during summer months. In additon, I'm going to make a little knit top to match in the green RY Cashsoft yarn I got at Liberty as well. The colours go perfectly, and it will make a great set.

Comments

[cari]

That fabric is fantastic. The return of the urge to make is indeed a good thing.

[Claire Louise Milne]

I love the fabric, what beautiful colours. Your pictures are so inspiring!

[Coley]

I just love your labels! Do you make them yourself or order them?

Thanks :)

Coley