I’ve been absolutely jam packed with work knitting and longing to take some time for some personal crafting. I’ve got giant piles of fabric and patterns, and with the weather changing (we slept with the window open last night!) I’m starting to think about swingy linen dresses and cotton voile.
And then my friend Eileen posted a denim wrap skirt from Anthropologie and I went down a rabbit hole.
I instantly thought about Art Gallery Fabrics’ new denim line and went to look at what they had. I found this beautiful printed denim and went NUTS thinking about doing some over-stitching on the print around the bottom hem of the skirt. It’s gonna be AMAZING. I ordered the denim along with a fabric I need for a future quilt from Hawthorne Threads.
And then I started thinking about swingy linen dresses. I have this Brussels Washer Linen to make Hawthorne from Colette Patterns. I can’t decide if I want the collar or not. What do you think?
I also got a beautiful paisley border print cotton voile from my local fabric shop, Tissú. I plan to make a drawstring waisted sundress, probably like this, but longer and maybe a fuller skirt. The fabric fades to just the indigo background color across the width. It’s lovely!
I think there’s gonna be a linen jersey version of Dress no. 1 from 100 Acts of Sewing, and maybe another Endless Summer Tunic in some of my stash of Essex Linen (one of my favorite fabrics for clothes!), or in one of the cotton voile cuts I’ve gathered. I feel a fabric dive coming on.
What does your wardrobe need to be ready for spring? I’d love to add a bunch of laceweight and fingering weight cardigans to this mix, but my knitting time is for work these days.
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