Today has been a fine day for fabric. A delicious selection for a new post baby wardrobe for £48.
So
some delicious green velvet with a spotty lining for a coat
pink velvet for something dreamy for Lily Rose
brown lace & linen for a skirt that I intend to copy from a Avoca Anthology design (£75....fabric cost £6 bargin)
pink & brown wool tweed for another coat with a fab liberty lining
dusty pink for a shirt
a nice brown herringbone tweed for some trousers & a skirt
red wool for a jacket.......
and delivered by postie this morning 2 packets of Vogue & Mcall's patterns that I ordered in the 2 day sale last week, £3 per vogue pattern saved me a fortune even with shipping from US.
Plus I have finished and been wearing with pride the coat I mentioned here sometime ago....(quite sometime ago) pics tomorrow.
I really hope that in these tough times ahead that more people take the opportunity to learn to sew, revamp old clothes, mend things and with fab new magazines like this, a night class in dress making or even just buying a pattern and having a go you will find a sudden but rewarding addiction may grow & save you a packet of cash!
Wow, you have been busy and by the looks of it even more so! My fav is the brown and pink spotty one - can't wait to see the finished article.
ReplyDeleteI so agree with you about what fun it can be learning to sew and revamp clothes, my latest addiction is snaffling small print clothes from car boot sales and charity shops to re-make into cute kids clothes and it is a great kick to know just how little money it costs to get something pretty unique.