Spotlight ho!

Fabric shopping - *wheee*!  I’ve been hanging out to start my sewing project; I sorted out what pattern I want to use and I was only needing to buy the fabric and trim.  Of course that required an expedition to the largest {?} fabric/craft supplies store just outside of Canberra.    So when I say expedition, it really was!  My awesome and lovely sister~in~law kindly consented to be my sewing guru, and guide me in the mysterious ways of all things sewing.

We arrived at Spotlight just after 2:oopm, and didn’t leave until 5:3opm ~ when the store shut! So {or sew… Haha, lame pun intended.} my haul ended up being rather large to say the least.  I won’t list everything ~ but I got photos! 

     

The material ~ I bought 10 meters {yes, 10 meters!} of the ivory jacquard because it was $2.00 a meter!  That’s insanely cheap for a nice heavy cotton.  I plan to make a dress, jacket and skirt out of the stuff if I have enough. {The jacquard’s the roll at the back.}  The grey wool was the most expensive at $29.99 a meter {Ouch!!} but I wanted a nice warm skirt for winter, and with my guru guiding me through the sewing process I am hoping it will turn out nicely {even though this is my first project!!  *meep*} and then it will be worth it.

The floral sateen was another sale yardage ~ $2.00 a meter, so I bought three meters.  I plan to make a fully reversible knee-length dirndl skirt out of that one.  The nautical print muslin was a bit of a surprise to me.  One, it’s the middle of winter in Australia so buying muslin is more than a bit silly, I’m not going to be able to sew it  for a while either, so it won’t be ready for summer…  Two, it’s a nautical print.  I must confess I have long professed a dislike to the ‘sailor’ style.  It looks great on some people, and I’ve often thought that a sailor romper is pretty darn cute.  But it’s just not my style.  I never wear much blue, and I dislike pretty much ALL of the modern RTW nautical styled stuff you find in the shops.   It’s yuck.

So when I spotted this I was all, “Oh, this is cute, but I’d never use it.”  Then, the fabric spoke to me.  O.O   Oh yes it did.  It went ~ “You know that I’d make the cutest shirt dress for wearing to the beach and around the house in summer right?  A little something casual and fun to slip on!”  and I went ~ “Ah!  So true!!  Must. Have. Cute. Octopi. Dress!!!!”  And that was it.  I was done like dinner.  ><   So now I have a totally awesome muslin print to make up. I even have the pattern for it!  I bought it off Etsy last night {much to DH’s dismay as I rake up more damage on the card…  : S }.

Lastly, the panda print is a flannel, and as I never wear pyjama's to bed {just to clarify I usually wear an old t-shirt}, but love to lounge around the house in pjs I’m going to make a pair of pants from this so I can stop stealing DH’s camo. pants.

   

I also bought some fantastic vintage styled buttons for the peter~pan type collars I want to crochet.  I’ve been on the look out for really-truly vintage buttons, but haven’t found any so far.  *sad face*  : (   But these are lovely, and I think that they will look great.

The other fabric is for waist band and collar details on distant dresses that I have ideas for {another pattern coming for that one too ~ what? You think that I could restrain myself and only buy one pattern on Etsy when the store was having a 15% discount?}

The mushroom print however, will line the pockets of my grey wool skirt.  Because I am like that.  I like my clothes to look chic and elegant {for the most part ~ I do have some cutesy jewellery and things} but the idea of having fun prints to line my pockets is too much to resist.  It’s going to be awesome!

    

I’m doing up a variation on view 2 ~ which is the view to the far right, and my modifications will probably make it look so far removed from the original, as you can probably see from the sketch.  I’ve taken elements from each pattern variation and combined it into one.  It’s going to be knee length as well.  I already have one wrap skirt that is mid-calf length, so I don’t need another. :3  This is going to be soooo much fun!  I will keep you posted.

xox,

b.