Monday 14 May 2012

Spoilt for choice.

So a while back I wrote a post about wanting to make my own clothes. I got a lot of responses that agreed with me on how hard it was and how everybody wishes they could do the same. Still wanting to give it a go though, I plan on sewing myself a shift dress and have therefore been searching around for a nice bit of material to use. 
I am very much into patterns at the moment and I always like something a bit whimsical. I spent Sunday morning searching through Spoon Flower, an excellent site which allows people to put their own patterns, art, prints up to allow them to be sold as fabric.
I came across beautiful ikat prints, little foxes, sketched knickers and green chevron's. 
There were so many to choose from, I don't know where to start. I am thinking that I should initially buy a cheap piece of cotton to test I am able to do it before I invest in some of this lovely fabric and ruin it. 
There's more below to show you just how much wonderful choice I have found myself facing.
Little tomatoes, harlequin diamonds, paintbrush strokes and watercolour eyes. 
Screen shot 2011-07-05 at 12.00.35

8 comments:

  1. What a treasure trove! The ikat in particular is exquisite xx

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  2. Wow! Such lovely prints! I always buy my fabric from Leeds market - they've got some gorgeous things and the most I've ever spent has been £4/metre! Why not check out your local market? x

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  3. oh wow great picks! I think you should test out your dress on some muslin fabric first; it's very cheap ($2-$3/yd in the states) and commonly used to make the 'practice' garment to test for fit before sewing up the real thing with expensive fabric!

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  4. oh! I love the watercolor stroke one at the button that's pink and red and orange. So pretty!

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  5. i made my own shift dress once. i followed a pattern that wasn't too complicted. i couldn't wear the first one i made because i'd used a cotton that was too stiff so it didn't hang right when i wore it but the second time round i used a much lighter material and i really liked it. definitely make a practice one first :) i can't wait to see the finished result! x

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  6. Such a great idea.. I love those little pants print x

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  7. Lovely prints and would all make brilliant creations also the sense of achievement when you've made something would be great! xx

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  8. Oh lovely prints, I think the foxes and the knickers are my favourite, they're just so whimsical :)

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