…hyperbole? I don’t think so!
The sleeves of my newest thing are extremely cool imo… I’m really enamoured with their very unique design. I’m always on the lookout for cool design ideas anyway, and was so excited to try this one out!
Oh yes, what pattern is this?… the new Fibremood Farrah dress. It calls itself a “dress” but my honest opinion is that it is far more coat-like… I’m wearing mine over a merino tee and a corduroy skirt in my pictures here. It is a very easy pattern to make, despite the sleeves appearing sorta avant garde. They look interesting but end up being a pretty simple construction, which is an interesting thing in itself, I suppose!
I used a length of deep midnight blue slubby cotton that Mum had given me when she cleaned out her stash – and yes, there’s even more where that came from! – I’m pretty sure it was originally from Fabulous Fabrics because I’ve seen it in the store. It’s quite sturdy but soft and pliable and sews up beautifully; I’ve bought lots of this stuff in the past in different colour ways and made up loads of things. Really really love it; in any colour way. I’ve had to restrain myself to not buy any more during my pledge to use up my stash! Btw, remember I made a little pledge to not buy any new fabric until I’d used up 30m of my stash? Well, I finished that and now I’ve decided to unofficially extend my pledge to not buy any new fabric until I’ve used up the WHOLE LOT; within reason. By that I mean; if I have to buy more, to make some desperately needed thing and have absolutely nothing that will do then I will; but as much as possible I am determined to keep going until it is ALL GONE. I know, right?! I wonder how long it is going to take me! I’m excited to find out!
Anyway, fortunately I had almost the exact right amount to make up this design… almost! I was short by about 5cm to cut out the sleeves as intended, but I just shortened the sleeves by folding a tuck in the pattern piece and ploughed ahead. I’m very happy with the resulting bracelet sleeves so it was a very serendipitous “oh damn” moment in the end after all.
I didn’t have any buttons that suited, but did have some bright white plastic ones with a nice surface design; so with a view to (again, recurring theme) using the stash as much as possible, I dug out some royal blue spray paint from the shed (used previously for when I made these shoes) and gave them a little face-lift. It’s not a perfect colour match by any means but I really love how they turned out!
I’m very happy with how smart and stylish this dress/coat turned out! and am really going to enjoy wearing it during our warmer months coming up. When they do… it’s still quite cold here *sad face* I’m desperate for summery weather!
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