There's not much action in the sewing room because it's currently having a makeover. I'll show some pictures once it's all done, but I'm pretty excited. Sorry about the picture layout below - they're supposed to be side by side, which they are when I'm drafting but not when I preview the post. Anyone know how to fix that? Moving right along...
Now that the weather has turned in Melbourne I've started thinking about what I want for the cooler months. Mum and I had a trip to Spotlight when she visited on the weekend and she's quite the enabler (somehow I ended up with two bags of fabric and Mum bought nothing!). I find Spotlight can be very hit or miss, but this time I got lucky.
This black and grey houndstooth wool blend (80% wool. 20% nylon) will hopefully become view b of Butterick 5685. Hmm, I think I was influenced by the pattern picture.
The eggplant purple ponte knit will become view b of Butterick 5672 (my camera really struggled with the colour).
The bright navy ponte knit will become Vogue 1257 (which I know has some sleeve issues to be addressed so we'll see how that goes).
I can't wait to get started.
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I have that coat pattern in my autumn stash as well. I can't wait to get started.
It has turned cool here too particularly the mornings. It is almost like someone flicked a switch at the end of Feb
Oh, I really love the look of the coat. Looking forward to seeing the finishing product. Didn't you say recently you were done with knits for a while? I guess old habits doe hard! Happy sewing.
Not cool enough up here in Brissie to start thinking of cooler weather clothing just yet!!! Love your buys from Spotlight - heading out myself tomorrow...
These look like great fabric finds - and I'll look forward to seeing these sewn up! I suspect my mum would be quite an enabler too :-)
Is it really nearly winter???? I swear we've had only about 2 days of summer here!
Great fabrics and winter is starting its journey here in Sydney. Looking forward to seeing all your plans made up.
Looks like a great line-up, Robyn. I don't know if you saw my post that I did on the Vogue dress with the sleeve issues or not, but I figured out a way to solve that. I really need to put that on Pattern Review, come to think of it.
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