Yesterday we were busy all day getting ready for the party. I saw the package outside the front door, picked it up and tossed it into the laundry room unopened. And I promptly forgot about it until 10 minutes ago. I love those fabric surprises from Fashion Fabrics Club. I call them surprises because FFC isn't known for its speedy shipping and often by the time my order arrives at my house I've almost forgotten about it. This one was no exception. I remembered about the print (cotton sateen) and the lime (stretch twill), but I had completely forgotten about the aqua (tencel). Bonus!Don't these all look perfect together? (Trust me, the green in the print matches the green solid and the two solids are a little brighter than my dull photo.) And aren't they 100% my colors? These will all get sewn up before summer officially arrives because I want to live in them until October. Perfect spring/summer Florida fabrics.
From the comments on yesterday's entry, it looks like the Burda WOF dress is the majority pick. I'm not sure if that will be the next thing I sew — I need to scope out the stash for a good fabric pick and I've got to start installing the family room floor soon — but it's definitely going to be a sooner rather than later make. I think I have some linens that would be great, even if it means I have to iron it before every wearing. I can see a casual linen dress with sandals or even flip-flops claiming a top spot in the summer wardrobe, can't you?
Those are soooo your colors, Debbie. My vote late for the next project is the Diana pattern, I would love to see what you can do with it.
ReplyDeleteThose colours are very much you! I wish you would stop enabling me though!! :-) I've had my eye on that aqua tencel. So in your opinion is it skirt weight or more blouse weight? Good quality?
ReplyDeleteI like the Burda dress too but hesitated because of the puffy sleeve, definitely NOT for us pluses. Got the cutest cotton blouse from H&M last summer with puffed sleeves. Well, the love affair was short lived. I tossed it after 2 wears.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you could use your PMB to do some changes to the sleeves. That is, if like me, you are allergic to them.
Love the colors! They are definitely you and definitely FLA colors!
ReplyDeleteThose are my favorite summer colors too. I just changed out the winter items and put my summer things in my closet - turquoise and lime are all I see.
ReplyDeleteDebbie, those are gorgeous fabrics. Love the cotton sateen. You seem to have a great eye for picking fabrics online.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely your colors, and I think the dress is very much you, too! Happy Birthday too! HOpe you're celebrating appropriately. :)
ReplyDeleteDebbie - re making the dress from linen - wash it several times to give the dress a washed linen look...that way you won't have iron it as much for each wearing! Love your new fabrics, they coordinate so well!
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