I want to share with you a project that I finished last week.
The Made my Wardrobe Amaya Shirt was something I’d made before. Some of you might remember this version in this mustard crinkle animal print from Waltons Fabrics.
It wouldn’t be the first time I had made something with a tablecoth. This is a slighly adapted Chalk & Notch Farrah Top on the left of this photo.
When working with an existing embroidered (or printed) design on your fabric it is important to get the placement of the pattern pieces just right to make maxium use of the design, which means that you need more fabric that if the placement was irrelevant. (Don’t worry, any scraps that I don’t use get passed on to Project Linus who use them to make quilts for sick babies and children.) So I knew that I’d need 2 large tablecloths for this project.
The front, back and neck binding/tie are all from one tablecloth and the sleeves are from another. I had to cut the top section of the sleeves on the bias and reduce the fullness of the gathers on the lower sleev due to the amount of fabric. I used the scalloped hem of the tablecloth as the hem on the sleeve.
I’m really pleased with the finished result. and it was a nice quick make despite the fact that it look a bit more time fussy cutting the fabric and using french seams for all the seams.
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Love & stitches
Alison xx
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Bagladybird – Learn to Sew – Friday iSEWlation Sew Together
Time: June 5th, 2020 18:30 London
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Alison xx
