Happily the sun is returning to my world and it really looks like winter may finally end.
Latest creations are delightfully breezy; no more tweed please!
With the Racing season approaching fast fast fast, I'm getting into the mood with printed cottons and classic lines.
This linen and printed cotton dress was ordered way back at the beginning of the year, for Derby Day. It is an adaptation of a dress I made when Lissom Yarn opened and I didn't have a lot to do.. the original skirt was a full circle.
The back of the skirt is longer than the front and the bodice is lined and bound with my old favourite, black satin bias binding.
The cotton print came from the ends bin at Tessuti, back in February. I wish I had 5 more metres!
Next is a lovely thing made for a client with fabric she supplied, a very interesting printed silk chiffon.
The client was inspired by my awesome "How to be a Fashion Designer" book from 1979 in my studio; lots of drawings of rip-offs of Yves Saint Laurent's bohemian Russian gypsy collections.
So we decided on bell sleeves and a little peplum, that she can add a thin leather belt to at home.
I'm rather proud of this little blouse, mostly because the construction is largely french seams on four layers of chiffon; quite a challenge. But it looks great inside, so it was defiantly worth it!
I also love the "pussy-bow", and the way the print worked out; the blue section only ran along one selvedge, so cutting was slow and cautious!
Again with the self - covered buttons, which were desperately fiddly with two layers of silk chiffon.
But hooray, it all worked out in the end.
Coming up this month are some outrageous race dresses and hopefully some hats...Stay posted!
