Posted in fabric, sewing, tops on Nov 4th, 2008
I’ve been away from the blog recently on account of a Dreaded Lurgy, so I haven’t had a great deal to show you. Fortunately I have managed to drag myself out of my sick bed *cough* for long enough to make this:
which is eventually going to be the front of a shirt, in organic cotton [...]
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Posted in fabric, inspiration on Oct 2nd, 2008
Yes, it’s October, and the new Bishopston swatches have just arrived!
The most exciting thing about this is that they’ve just introduced a new fabric weight - a Fair Trade cotton lawn! They’re the swatches on the left - the colours mostly match the regular cottons, but the fabric is a much lighter weight.
The new cotton [...]
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Posted in sewing, tops on Sep 19th, 2008
Here is incarnation number two of Simplicity 2927, this time in black and grey. This one’s for Claire, (no, not me!) who left me a comment when she saw the one I’d made for myself.
It’s made using 100% organic cotton, from Bishopston Trading. I couldn’t find any grey, so I dyed a piece myself. I [...]
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