It doesn't happen often, but now and then we get a customer who buys a fabric and then walks back into the store, only days later, wearing their latest garment made up in aforementioned purchase. Aside from marvelling at their sheer speed (and, speaking for myself, envying their discipline) it really is such a pleasure that a fabric either inspires them so much so they have to make it up NOW, or it totally fits the (fabric) bill for a pattern they've been planning on making up for quite some time.
Over the last week, we've had two such lovely customers in our Melbourne store. Jacinta popped in last week sporting this skirt she whipped up in a weekend.
The fabric is our Black Tobu Tori and the pattern is Sewaholic's 'Crescent Skirt', a gathered skirt with fitted yokes. You can't really see it in the photos, but I do so love the red top stitching and the gathered back.
Also worth mentioning is the fact that Jacinta chose to have the birds flying upwards because it was "more optimistic"*!
The pattern is (OOP) Vogue 2527...
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My instinct is to sign off this post in a really cheesy manner and say, "Clever birds, aren't they?". But instead, I'll sign off and say...Labels: Cotton, Feature fabric of the week, Japanese fabrics, Pattern Reviews, Patterns, Skirts, Tops