I woke early this morning and made a bee line for the sewing room, before anyone else woke up. You see, my room lacks a big table, for cutting out. Plenty of space for patchwork, but not laying out a whole dressmaking pattern.
The only table large enough is the kitchen table. Being half term, this has been covered with books, painting equipement, crafting supplies and so on.
I was on a mission. A few weeks ago, while buying the boy his next shirt fabric, my eye fell on the sort of cute fabric that makes the heart of a dressmaker sing. Even for said dressmaker to maybe perform a surreptitious jig in the shop. (Didn’t happen. Not really. Ahem. Looks down at feet and hums.)
It got me thinking. Wouldn’t it be fun to wear. Seeing as I love to sew. Bobbins and buttons on fabric have to be winners. Who buys fabric? People who use bobbins. It must be a no-brainer.
This must be true of lots of hobbies. Maybe even professions. I know lots of people already wear tshirts, tops and ties with their interests on, but just think of all the different designs that people could be wearing. To advertise their trade. To describe themselves, in one glance.
If a dressmaker could have a blouse with bobbins, then a baker could wear a top with cakes printed on it. A gardener could have a shirt of flowers and pots. Faced with a person wearing a casual shirt with spanners and cars on it, then you’d know they were keen on talking about cars.
Maybe someone with bar charts and numbers would happily discuss your business finance. You could check the best setting on your camera, with a person wearing a top printed with tiny cameras. Being in the IT business, I guess I’d need another blouse with 1s and 0s on it.
So many fun fabrics out there.
So I bought the bobbin fabric, and today I figured out I’ve enough to make a blouse. Hopefully next time you see this fabric it will be cut, sewn and fitted. I might even be wearing it. Happy to discuss french seams.
In the meantime, what fabric print would best describe you?
I love, love love your fabric! I am going to go on a fabric binge soon, as you say sometimes you just see one that calls out to you. I’m happy to discuss french seams 😉 I love the finish they give but always forget which way round to do the first seam and have to unpick and do it again x
I always forget too. I have to work it through with the fabric, just to make sure, before I commit to stitching. I like the finish too. It’s less rigid than a flat felled seam. You see what happens when we start talking print related garments. 🙂
That’s lovely fabric… I think mine would be a rather chaotic patchwork design …lol
Oh. That’s a good choice. I think I’d have to opt for that fabric sometimes too. (read – often) 🙂
That’s a really lovely print, I’d definitely admire that if I saw it on a hanger or someone sporting it 🙂 I think my fabric print may be a good old cat print 🙂
Nice choice. People would know without a doubt that you’d be happy to chat about felines.
Love that fabric! I think I’m probably a simple flower motif kind of a girl 🙂
If you were to look at my fabric stash, you’d see a lot of flower prints. My favourite for summer dresses. Nice choice.