I know I'm a bit late but I was busy yesterday and just didn't find the time to post until now. I went out shopping and got some lovely finds and then came home and went for a walk then relaxed listening to a new cd for a bit, started working on a new top that I've drafted myself and then got ready and went out for a party. Phew. Glad that's over with as was rather a full day! ;)
I got inspired when we went for our walk yesterday and got J to take my picture when we passed this brick making factory near where we live. I love how everything around it is brick coloured and think it really makes the colours of my outfit stand out, as there are a few...
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| Me outside the brickworks wonky gates wearing me made green skirt with small flowers, shop bought bright pink silk top, pinky/purple tights, grey boots and my favourite kermit green raincoat |
It was such a nice day I wanted to go for a wander along the river near where we lived and as I saw a bridge I had to cross it and see what was on the other side. It lead us to a tunnel and I said I felt like Chihiro in Spirited Away and didn't know whether we should go through the tunnel! I'm glad I did as it lead us to the brickworks and so I got my photo for the day. It's getting boring taking pictures against a white background...as you can tell white is really against my nature as I try and wear as many colours as possible all at once!
And so onward and upwards, when we got back I had a bit of a snooze as wasn't intending on doing any sewing as knew I'd have to pack up and get ready to go out in a few hours, however, that snooze time was inspirational and got me thinking about the new fabric I bought. Here's my haul from yesterday:
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| 5 metres of bright pink ricrac, burgundy crushed velour, pink lining remnant, brown lining remnant |
Guess where this lot is from! ;) I was rummaging in the remnant bin again to see what I could find and scored two pieces of lining one pink one brown to use for bags and purses and then I discovered this lovely crushed velour in burgundy. I nearly passed on it as it's a winter fabric, but as it was marked down and I do have a think for velour and velvet (going to have to look up the difference as not sure if there is one) and it's in the colour of a dress I used to own that made me feel like Jessica Rabbit, I had to have it. There's enough I think to make a slim fitted dress, although I think it'll be interesting to sew with as it's got a bit of a stretch to it. In some respects this fabric shopping trip was a disaster as my intention was to buy some cotton jersey to make some t-shirt like tops with but it was all really rather expensive so I chickened out!
Then since I had failed to score jersey in John Lewis I decided the market was my next best option as there's a well stocked fabric stall there....
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| grey metal zip, yellow lining, grey jumbo cord, peacock green cotton |
Whoops! Yeah, again no jersey but managed to buy some pretty pretty grey jumbo cord, peacock green cotton and yellow lining and a zip....I'm guessing I'm going to have to bite the bullet and just order jersey online! The green cotton has started to be transformed into a wrap top based on the top I made from the Burda dress shown
here. The jumbo cord will make a lovely skirt and the zip and sunny yellow lining will be used for that skirt. I'm thinking of using the skirt pattern I used for
this one as really want another skirt with pockets, but am thinking of making the pockets a bit smaller as they seem enormous.
It's such a lovely sunny day today, it's almost a shame to stay in and sew, yeah I know not like me to put off sewing when I'm in the mood but we get sunny days so rarely on a weekend! Hope I can do a bit of both, outside enjoying sunshine and indoors sewing...and no I won't be taking my sewing machine outside to sew to do both at the same time! ;)
Today's outfit post will be later as still undecided as to what to wear. Hope you're all having a lovely weekend!
